Reduced Employment Ratio Parliament has passed the Minister of Social and Children’s Affairs’ bill on the entitlement to the payment of unemployment benefits alongside reduced employment ratio due to temporary company recessions. The Act provides that wages paid alongside reduced unemployment ratio do not deplete unemployment benefits. The Directorate of Labour manages the applications for unemployment benefits due to reduced employment ratio.

regjeringen.no (27.03.2020)

Meassssbtl.gov.il (03.04.2020) Due to the economic and Unemployment crisis (over 900k new unemployed or employees sent on unpaid leave compared to 160k existing unemployed ) following COVID-19 epidemic special interruption orders and provisional legislation were set in order to assist the insured residents.

azatutyun.am (30.03.2020) The one-off payments announced by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s cabinet will benefit tens and possibly hundreds of thousands of workers who have been temporarily out of work or laid off as well as owners of small businesses forced to halt their operations in recent weeks. The aid is meant to help them buy food and meet other basic needs during the nationwide lockdown imposed in Armenia last week.

The Netherlands introduced "NOW", a temporary new scheme to replace the current partial unemployment system, in order to allow for an easier access to short-term work benefits, and benefit a greater number of employees without impeding on their traditional unemployment rights.

contadoresenred.com (01.04.2020) ARTÍCULO 10.- Elévanse durante el periodo que establezca la JEFATURA DE GABINETE DE MINISTROS, los montos de las prestaciones económicas por desempleo a un mínimo de PESOS SEIS MIL ($6.000) y un máximo de PESOS DIEZ MIL ($10.000).

contadoresenred.com (01.04.2020) ARTÍCULO 9°.- El Programa REPRO Asistencia por la Emergencia Sanitaria consistirá en una asignación no contributiva respecto al Sistema Integrado Previsional Argentino a trabajadoras y trabajadores a través del Programa de Recuperación Productiva a cargo del MINISTERIO DE TRABAJO, EMPLEO Y SEGURIDAD SOCIAL, para empresas no incluidas en el artículo 8° y que cumplan con los requisitos establecidos en el artículo 3° del presente decreto y de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el artículo 4° del mismo.

• The $2 trillion federal stimulus package known as the CARES Act, signed into law by President Trump on Friday, will be a lifeline to many gig workers and freelancers.
• The law takes unprecedented steps to provide a social safety net for the self employed.
• It offers an additional $600 a week in unemployment insurance, bringing weekly payouts to the $800- to $900-a-week range when state benefits are added, to workers including the self-employed.

in.gov.br (01.04.2020) Art. 5: The Emergency Benefit for the Preservation of Employment and Income is created, to be paid in the following cases: I - proportional reduction of working hours and wages; and II - temporary suspension of the employment contract.

§ 1 The Emergency Benefit for the Preservation of Employment and Income will be paid for with Federal resources.

tsf.pt (01.04.2020) The unemployed will be allowed to work temporarily in social and health institutions. The measure created by the government and today published in Diário da República aims to support social and solidarity sector entities to face the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.