myfnpf.com.fj (30.03.2020) Following the announcement of the Supplementary Budget for COVID-19 and in collaboration with Government, the Fiji National Provident Fund will be working closely with Employers when it rolls out the assistance program for members through existing digital platforms. The Fund is taking its cue from health advisories for physical distancing during this period and will be carrying out bulk of the assistance processes digitally. FNPF is liaising with Employers to ensure members in the affected areas that have been prioritized, are assisted.

regjeringen.no (27.03.2020) Friday 27 March, the Government put forward additional financial measures to address the consequences of the coronavirus outbreak. Health related measures include:
- Employers are to be reimbursed for sickness benefits paid from the fourth day onwards for sickness absence related to the coronavirus;
- Employees are given the right to self-report sickness for 16 days even though the employer only pays from Day 4;

diariolibre.com (25.03.2020) “En concreto, a partir del 1 de abril, las 811,000 familias que hoy tienen la tarjeta Solidaridad y que reciben en promedio 1,500 pesos mensuales, les vamos a realizar un aumento por dos meses del componente ‘Comer es Primero’, para que dispongan de 5,000 pesos mensuales para la adquisición de alimentos y productos de primera necesidad en la Red de Abastecimiento Social”, dijo el mandatario durante el discurso.

• 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.

mppre.gob.ve (24.03.2020) Para enfrentar el Coronavirus y salvaguardar al pueblo bolivariano, se fortalece el sistema de bonos al pueblo a través del Carnet de la Patria: durante este mes se han entregado dos (2) bonos a más de 9 millones de personas, correspondientes a las asignaciones: Marzo de lealtad y Disciplina y solidaridad. A partir de hoy, será emitido el bono «Quédate En Casa» a los más de 6 millones de trabajadores; 4 millones (trabajadores independientes) y dos millones (trabajadores de empresas privadas como complemento de nómina).

governo.it (16.03.2020)

In order to avoid the lack of liquidity for businesses and families, numerous interventions have been envisaged, including through collaboration with the banking system. The measures mainly include credit support for families and micro, small and medium enterprises, through the banking system and the use of the central guarantee fund.

bundesfinanzministerium.de (19.03.2020)

Um Unternehmen in der Corona-Pandemie dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Ausstattung mit Liquidität zu verbessern, erhalten sie steuerliche Hilfen. Das Bundesfinanzministerium hat mit den obersten Landesfinanzbehörden ein BMF-Schreiben abgestimmt, mit dem betroffene Steuerpflichtige mit konkreten steuerlichen Erleichterungen unterstützt werden.

mscbs.gob.es (13.03.2020)

El Gobierno, para evitar posibles tensiones de tesorería de autónomos y pequeñas y  medianas empresas, flexibiliza los aplazamientos del pago de impuestos durante un periodo de seis meses, previa solicitud, con bonificación en los tipos de interés. Esto permitirá inyectar hasta 14.000 millones de euros de liquidez.                

portugal.gov.ot (13.03.2020) It is equated with the disease of the situation of prophylactic isolation for 14 days of employees and independent workers of the general social security regime, motivated by situations of serious risk to public health decreed by the entities that exercise the power of health authority . With this change, workers who are decreed, by the health authority, the need for prophylactic isolation will have ensured the payment of 100% of the reference remuneration during the respective period.

portugal.gov.pt (13.03.2020)