Employment

Cyprus: Business / Employee Support for Certain Economic Activities

Submitted by siha on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 18:53

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%.

Regions / Country
Europe
cyprus
Topics
Employment
Extension of coverage
Cash transfers
COVID-19
Document Type

Cyprus: Support for Businesses / Employees under mandatory full suspension

Submitted by siha on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 18:46

Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance (09.12.2020) The Support of Businesses / Employees that are under mandatory full suspension based on the Decrees issued by the Minister of Health are implemented additional Special Plans for the period from 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2020 or depending on the period of validity of the Decrees of the Minister of Health. The Special Plans in question will be open to companies affected by the Full Suspension Decrees and will provide support to 97% to 100% of employees, depending on the size of the company.

Regions / Country
Europe
cyprus
Topics
Employment
Extension of coverage
Cash transfers
COVID-19
Document Type

Cyprus: Support for the Tourism Industry and Businesses / Employees Related to the Tourism Industry

Submitted by siha on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 18:32

Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance (09.12.2020) The Ministry announces that the implementation of the Special Plans implemented in November 2020 continues for December 2020. The Special Plan of Hotel Units and Tourist Accommodations and the Special Plan of Economic Activities Related to the Tourism Industry are valid for the period from 1 November 2020 until 31 March 2021 and can provide support to up to 97% of the total staff of companies that will suspend their activities completely.

Regions / Country
Europe
cyprus
Topics
Employment
Extension of coverage
Cash transfers
COVID-19
Document Type

Austria: Relief for all employers with BUAG supplements in winter

Submitted by siha on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 17:20

Ministry of Labour (01.12.2020) There will be a reduction in ancillary wage costs for all businesses with BUAG affiliation for the months of January to March 2021. Employers are relieved of the surcharges for the bridging allowance. This regulation also applies to the following years, but from December to March. This relief for the companies makes it more attractive to keep employees busy over the winter.

Regions / Country
austria
Topics
Employment
Cash transfers
COVID-19
Document Type

Austria: Compensation for ancillary wage costs during winter holidays

Submitted by siha on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 17:17

Ministry of Labour (01.12.2020) Up to now, companies in the building trade and the construction industry have been reimbursed an amount of 17 percent for non-wage labor costs for the winter holidays, on which the employee is entitled to continued payment. The ancillary wage costs for social security contributions, family burden compensation fund (FLAF) and municipal tax are now reimbursed in full for the six winter holidays on construction (December 24th to 26th and 31st and January 1st and 6th) at a rate of 30.1 percent.

Regions / Country
austria
Topics
Employment
Cash transfers
COVID-19
Document Type

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

Submitted by siha on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 17:28

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

Regions / Country
Europe
eastern europe
poland
Topics
Employment
Financing
COVID-19
Document Type

Switzerland: Extension of partial unemployment and simplification of procedures

Submitted by siha on Fri, 11/20/2020 - 16:02

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO (29.10.2020) By paying the compensation in the event of reduced working hours (RHT), unemployment insurance (AC) covers, for a certain time, part of the wage costs of workers whose normal working hours are reduced , and this in order to prevent layoffs resulting from short but inevitable job losses.

Regions / Country
switzerland
Topics
Employment
Extension of coverage
Service quality
Cash transfers
COVID-19
Document Type