Background information

COVID – Uncovered costs is a new programme, which - together with COVID 21 - replaces most of the previous sectoral compensation programmes:

• COVID Rent ,
• COVID Accomodation ,
• COVID Culture ,
• Compensation bonus for self-employed ,
• Antivirus employment retention programme .

COVID 21 is an alternative to the COVID - Uncovered costs programme , which means that companies can choose only one of these two programmes.

Content of measure

Eligible for the support are entrepreneurs, both natural person or a legal entity. The support is provided in the amount of CZK 500 (€19 approx.) per day and per employee expressed as full-time equivalent.

The support is provided for operating costs related to the maintenance of business activities (personnel costs, costs of materials, services, depreciation, taxes and fees, loan repayments, overheads, etc.). Submission of applications is possible from 12 April 2021 to 31 May 2021 and support is provided for the period from 11 January 2021 to 31 March 2021.

Programme support can be combined with Antivirus employment retention programme at the same time.

Use of measure

No information available yet.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Applies to all businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement	No involvement
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

Social partners were not involved.

Views and reactions

Social partners were not involved.

Sources

• 01 April 2021: VÝZVA 1 k programu podpory podnikatelů postižených celosvětovým šířením onemocnění COVID-19 způsobeného virem SARS-CoV-2 „COVID 2021“ (www.mpo.cz)