COVID-19

Poland: Quarantine and Isolation Statement

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Gov.pl website (02.12.2020) Insured persons in quarantine or isolation (including at home) are entitled to sickness benefits. In principle, you do not need to submit a declaration to receive the benefit. The IT system of the e-Health Center is a system from which the Social Insurance Institution obtains information about the imposed quarantine or isolation and places it on the Electronic Services Platform (PUE ZUS) . It is seen both by the insured and his employer.

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Europe
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poland
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Poland: Another support for entrepreneurs - the PFR 2.0 Financial Shield is launched

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Gov.pl website (26.11.2020) PFR 2.0 Financial Shield for micro-enterprises - up to PLN 3 billion of support

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Europe
eastern europe
poland
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Employment
Financing
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Poland: Coronavirus: Carer's allowance

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Gov.pl website (09.11.2020) A parent can apply for care allowance if they are looking after people in quarantine or solitary confinement at home:

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Europe
eastern europe
poland
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Family benefits
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Japan: Exceptional treatment of Employment Adjustment Subsidy extended to February 2021

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NHK (27.11.2020) The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that the exceptional treatment of Employment Adjustment Subsidy is extended to February 2021. The exceptional treatments include the increase of maximum amount of daily allowance to 15,000 yen per an employee. The Minister also implied that the treatment would be gradually reduced after March 2021. 

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Asia
japan
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Unemployment
Extension of coverage
Cash transfers
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Iceland: Support for disability pensioners

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Government of Iceland (20.11.2020) A one-time payment of ISK 50,000 will be made before 18 December to recipients of disability and rehabilitation pensions who are eligible for pensions during the year, in addition to the December supplement that is usually paid during the month.

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Europe
iceland
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Disability
Pensions
COVID-19
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France: Support measures for businesses during containment | Social charges deferral

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Gouvernement.fr (13.11.2020) Employers can postpone all or part of the payment of employee and employer contributions for the dates of November 5 and 15, 2020, on request online from URSSAF (in the absence of a response within 48 hours, this request is considered accepted). In addition, personal social contributions for self-employed workers (excluding contracted health professionals) will not be deducted in November .

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Europe
france
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Contribution collection and compliance
COVID-19
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France: Support measures for businesses during containment | Social security tax exemption

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Gouvernement.fr (13. 11. 2020) This concerns companies with less than 50 employees closed administratively and those with less than 250 employees in the tourism, events, culture, sport, air transport sectors with a loss of activity of at least 50% :  

  • employers benefit from a total exemption from employer social contributions excluding supplementary pensions, and assistance with the payment of social contributions of 20% of the payroll;
  • the self-employed receive a lump sum reduction of social contributions.
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Europe
france
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Contribution collection and compliance
COVID-19
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Uruguay: New extraordinary item for beneficiaries of Family Allowances of the Equity Plan

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BPS (12.11.2020) Beneficiaries of family allowances (AFAM) from the Equity Plan who do not have a Uruguay Social Card will receive a reinforcement of 50% of their monthly allowance in November and December due to the health and social emergency situation that the country is going through.

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uruguay
Global challenges
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Family benefits
Cash transfers
COVID-19
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The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted barriers to vital digital financial services for refugees

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Euronews (24.11.2020) How do you get by without a bank account? This is a question asked daily by millions of refugees worldwide who simply don’t have access to standard financial services. Even the digital and online services that many of us take for granted - tools that help us to save, transfer and receive money - are often out of reach for displaced people.

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E-services
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Belgique : les mécanismes de droit passerelle prolongés et amplifiés

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(25.10.2020) Le Conseil des ministres a validé vendredi la prolongation du droit passerelle jusqu’au 31 décembre et le doublement des montants du droit passerelle de crise.  Concrètement, le droit passerelle permet d’offrir une garantie de revenu minimum aux indépendants qui, après avoir temporairement interrompu partiellement ou totalement leur activité, ont pu la reprendre mais subissent une perte de chiffre d’affaires. L’accès à ce droit passerelle de soutien à la reprise aurait dû s’arrêter à la fin de ce mois d’octobre.

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belgium
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Cash transfers
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