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Barbados: Employability project launched is also a timely response to COVID-19

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Ministry of Labour Barbados (16.07.2020) Government’s Employability Project fits well within the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) policy framework, says ILO Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Claudia Coenjaerts. Addressing the launch of the Employability Project, on Wednesday, Ms. Coenjaerts pointed out that the ILO policy framework to tackle the COVID-19 crisis was based on international labour standards and aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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barbados
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Unemployment
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Mexico: Unemployment insurance, a necessary response in Mexico

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El Economista México (08.12.2020). Granting unemployment insurance to the Mexican population, given the conditions that are experienced by the health and economic crisis of Covid-19, is one of the necessary responses for an economy such as that of our country, said Gerardo Esquivel, deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico (Banxico). As of now, there is no federal unemployment social insurance. Only Mexico City counts with a tax-funded unemployment benefit granted for up to two months.

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Bahamas: Extension of government-funded unemployment program

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National Insurance Board Bahamas (02.11.2020) The National Insurance Board has extended the Unemployment Programme effective October 1, 2020. This second extension impacts those individuals who remain unemployed after the completion of the first 13 weeks extension and runs until 31st December, 2020. This second extension programme pays at $100 per week, every 2 weeks. Unlike the previous NIB unemployment programme, you will still be eligible for partial assistance even if you work for part of the week.

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bahamas
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Unemployment

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Slovakia: Deferral of payment of Social Insurance Premiums for January 2021

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socpoist.sk (29.01.2021)

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Europe
eastern europe
slovakia
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Contribution collection and compliance
COVID-19
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DRC: The Covid-19 Fund benefits from a donation of USD 100,000 in protective equipment from TDB

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zoom-eco.net (28.12.2020)

The Trade Development Bank (TDB) has donated Covid-19 protection materials to the National Coronavirus Solidarity Fund (NCSF). The donation, valued at US$100,000, was handed over by Finance Minister Sele Yalaghuli, who is the Congolese government's focal point to TDB.

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Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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Safety and health at work
COVID-19

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DRC: payment due date for property and rental income tax deferred to 31 March 2021

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zoom-eco.net (02.02.2021)

Prévue pour le premier février 2021, l’échéance de paiement de l’impôt foncier et de l’impôt sur les revenus locatifs a été reporté par le Gouverneur de la ville de Kinshasa, Gentiny Ngobila, au 31 mars 2021.

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Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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Contribution collection and compliance
COVID-19
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