Europe
Slovakia: Deferral of payment of Social Insurance Premiums for January 2021
socpoist.sk (29.01.2021)
Oxfam: The inequality virus report
Oxfam (Feb 2021) The report shows that COVID-19 has the potential to increase economic inequality in almost every country at once, the first time this has happened since records began over a century ago. Rising inequality means it could take at least 14 times longer for the number of people living in poverty to return to pre-pandemic levels than it took for the fortunes of the top 1,000, mostly White male, billionaires to bounce back.
Lithuania: Continuation of Payment of Cash Social Assistance Benefits in 2021
socmin.lrv.lt (05.01.2021)
Lithuania: Support for loss of job: The job search allowance
socmin.lrv.lt (05.01.2021)
Lithuania: Wage subsidies for hiring the supported unemployed
socmin.lrv.lt (05.01.2021)
Employers will be able to benefit from the supported employment measures and receive wage subsidies if they employ the most vulnerable residents and help them return to the labour market. Subsidies may be paid to employers who employ additional jobseekers referred by the Employment Authority, such as the persons with disabilities, elderly or young people, long-term or unskilled unemployed, etc.
Lithuania: Downtime subsidies during the emergency or quarantine from the beginning of 2021
socmin.lrv.lt (05.01.2021)
As quarantine continues, those employers, who are unable to provide their employees with work, can announce downtime for the employees. From 2021, in respect of the downtime employees the employers will receive the full compensation (100%) for the gross and net wage to the employee during downtime. The maximum compensation will amount to 1.5 minimum monthly wages, i.e. EUR 963. However, the compensated amount may not exceed the wage fixed in the employment contract before the date of declaration of the second quarantine.
Czech Republic: One-off pension supplement in relation to COVID-19
cssz.cz (november 2020)
France: financial aid in the form of emergency relief to help the most needy families
March 2020 (caf.fr)
Cyprus: Business / Employee Support for Certain Economic Activities
Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance (09.12.2020) Businesses and workers in certain economic activities, such as workers in photographers, day care centers, banquet halls and other affected economic activities, the Special Plan for Businesses for Certain Economic Activities can be provided to 50% of employees provided that turnover has been reduced by more than 40%.