Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the COVID-19 crisis, the war in Ukraine, rising inflation, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts.
Overview of measures by type
Employment protection and retention |
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13 April 2020 |
Mandatory usage of holiday entitlements and time credits
Working time and working time flexibility |
02 October 2020 |
Expansion and increase of the job security allowance and wage allowance
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
02 June 2022 |
Access to the labour market for refugees from Ukraine
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
10 April 2020 |
Extension of employment permit for seasonal workers
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
06 May 2020 |
Increase of maximum weekly working hours
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
05 October 2020 Updated |
Tax exemption for COVID-19 bonuses
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
10 April 2020 |
Civilian service extension and voluntary reactivation
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
05 October 2020 Updated |
Bridging subsidy Corona for self-employed with a disability
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
15 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 - Arts and culture - Overview of support measures for artists
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Online application for unemployment benefit and top-up of emergency assistance
Income support for unemployed |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Special subsidised care time for working parents and carers
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
25 April 2020 Updated |
Entrepreneur's wage (part of the company subsidy for fixed costs)
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
09 July 2020 Updated |
Lump-sum payments for unemployed and children
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
31 March 2020 Updated |
Hardship case fund: Safety net for self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
01 June 2022 |
Energy costs compensation voucher
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
02 June 2022 |
Inclusion of Ukrainian refugees in largest Austrian social health insurance
Access to healthcare |
02 June 2022 |
Education measures for Ukrainian refugees
Access to childcare and education |
14 April 2020 Updated |
Electronic prescriptions
Access to healthcare |
14 April 2020 |
COVID-19 €100 million special fund for 24-hour nursing care
Access to healthcare |
01 June 2022 |
One-time inflation compensation payment for people in need
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Alleviations for tenants
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
01 June 2022 |
Suspension of green electricity contributions
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
13 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 family hardship fund and family crisis fund
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Debt moratorium for consumers and microenterprises
Preventing over-indebtedness |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
02 October 2020 Updated |
Re-start bonus (combination wage allowance)
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
13 October 2021 |
Corona Job offensive
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
01 June 2022 |
Increased commuter allowance
Responses to inflation |
02 January 2021 Updated |
COVID-19 education bonus
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
13 October 2021 Updated |
Springboard initiative for long-term unemployed
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
20 July 2020 Updated |
Apprentice bonus for companies creating apprenticeships
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
14 April 2020 Updated |
Occupational safety measures concerning COVID-19
Occupational health and safety |
29 November 2021 Updated |
Corona step-by-step plan
Occupational health and safety |
29 November 2021 Updated |
Rules for winter tourism season 2021/22
Occupational health and safety |
26 November 2021 Updated |
Company testing
Occupational health and safety |
25 November 2021 Updated |
3-G-Rule at the workplace
Occupational health and safety |
09 July 2020 Updated |
Special protection for COVID-19 risk groups at work
Occupational health and safety |
27 January 2021 |
Home office regulation
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
02 January 2021 Updated |
New compensation scheme for losses introduced as alternative to fixed cost subsidy for companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 July 2020 Updated |
Reduction of VAT (value added tax) to 5% for gastronomy, accommodation, culture and publications
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2021 Updated |
Cancellation bonus
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Company subsidy for fixed costs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 July 2020 Updated |
Support fund for non-profit organisations
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
20 April 2020 |
Hardship fund for SMEs - Upper Austria
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
31 March 2020 Updated |
State support for tourism - Access to finance
Access to finance |
30 December 2020 Updated |
Lockdown - turnover (sales) compensation
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
31 March 2020 Updated |
Bank guarantees for SMEs and one-person enterprises
Access to finance |
Employment protection and retention |
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14 May 2020 Updated |
Additional support for the service voucher sector
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Extension of temporary unemployment due to force majeure
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
01 October 2020 |
Collective working time reduction for companies in difficulties
Working time and working time flexibility |
15 September 2020 Updated |
Extension of temporary unemployment due to force majeure for specific sectors and companies in trouble
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
04 January 2022 |
Support for horeca sector to pay end-of-year bonus
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
01 October 2020 |
Time credit for employees of companies in difficulty and/or restructuring due to COVID-19
Working time and working time flexibility |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
20 May 2020 Updated |
Creating incentives for unemployed to work in horticulture and other essential services and flexibilisation of successive fixed-term contracts
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
04 May 2022 |
Access to the labour market for Ukrainian refugees
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
13 May 2020 Updated |
Suspension of the degressivity of unemployment benefits during the crisis
Income support for unemployed |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Replacement income for self-employed (bridging right)
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
30 September 2020 Updated |
Temporary unemployment in case of school closure
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
19 May 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 parental leave
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
04 May 2022 |
Additional financial resources for social services
Other humanitarian measures |
14 May 2020 |
Regional measures to prevent social hardship
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
01 September 2020 |
Water and energy premium in case of temporary unemployment
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
13 July 2020 |
Additional financial support for people in precarious situations
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
23 May 2022 |
Flemish financial support for municipalities to provide housing for Ukrainian refugees
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
08 June 2021 |
Tax Shelter COVID-19
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Temporary tax reduction in the HORECA sector
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
08 June 2021 |
Support for tourist sector
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
08 July 2020 Updated |
Consumption cheques for employees
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
23 May 2022 |
Flemish measures to compensate increasing energy prices for citizens
Responses to inflation |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
08 January 2021 |
Encouragement premium for care personnel
Well-being of workers |
07 May 2020 Updated |
Office allowance for teleworkers
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Flemish interruption premium during COVID-19
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
14 May 2020 |
Regional measures concerning wage guarantees and extension of subsidies deadlines
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
14 May 2020 Updated |
Regional measures on the deferral or cancellation of tax and bills payments
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Flemish compensation premium in case of large turnover loss
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
20 November 2020 |
New Flemish protection mechanism for businesses
Access to finance |
05 October 2021 |
Rebooking premium
Access to finance |
02 April 2021 |
Advance payment for the organisation of events
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
09 April 2020 |
Support measures for self-employed workers facing difficulties
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
14 May 2020 Updated |
Regional measures to help businesses stay afloat
Access to finance |
09 April 2020 |
Wallonia: Financial support for SMEs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 April 2020 |
Brussels: One-off grant for closed businesses
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 June 2021 |
Restart loans
Access to finance |
11 January 2021 |
New loans available to enterprises in Brussels
Access to finance |
02 April 2021 |
Globalisation mechanism
Access to finance |
11 January 2021 |
Support measures for businesses closed since November 2nd (Wallonia)
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
02 October 2020 Updated |
Company loans given for rent support
Access to finance |
08 January 2021 Updated |
New Flemish Protection Mechanism
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 January 2021 |
Winwin-loan
Access to finance |
Employment protection and retention |
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12 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19: Income support for workers
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
16 July 2020 |
Measures for maintaining employment in transport and tourism
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
12 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19: Assisting artists and freelancers
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
12 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19: Assistance for parents taking unpaid leave due to a state of emergency
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
12 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19: Unemployed can take seasonal work in agriculture without loss of benefits
Income support for unemployed |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
12 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19: Interest-free credit guarantee programme for individuals
Preventing over-indebtedness |
11 April 2022 |
One-off assistance to persons displaced from Ukraine
Other humanitarian measures |
05 January 2022 |
Monthly allowance to pensions
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
12 January 2022 |
New system for registration of temporary protection
Other humanitarian measures |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
16 May 2022 |
Access to the Bulgarian labour market for citizens of Ukraine
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
08 April 2021 |
Assistance in hiring the unemployed
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
12 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 measure: Business tax relief
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
13 January 2022 |
Support for the tourism sector in the pandemic
Access to finance |
02 July 2021 |
"Fund of Funds": access to loans for recovery
Access to finance |
24 September 2020 |
COVID-19: State aid for agriculture
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 September 2020 Updated |
COVID-19: Reduction of VAT for certain goods and services
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
24 September 2020 Updated |
Subsidies available to tour operators for charter flights
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
24 September 2020 |
Quasi-funds for investments
Access to finance |
07 October 2021 Updated |
Recovery Programme
Access to finance |
12 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19: Credit guarantees to commercial banks by Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB)
Access to finance |
17 July 2020 Updated |
Grant support for micro and small enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2020 |
COVID-19: Loans to microenterprises
Access to finance |
Employment protection and retention |
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07 April 2020 Updated |
Special scheme for complete suspension of business
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Special scheme for partial suspension of business
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
29 June 2020 Updated |
Special support schemes for workers and businesses
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
08 April 2020 |
Utilisation of graduate medical and nursing students
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
08 April 2020 |
Requisition of doctors and nurses
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Special paid leave for the caring of children
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Special sick leave allowance for vulnerable workers and for mandatory quarantine
Paid sick leave |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Special scheme for self-employed workers
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
07 October 2021 |
Special support scheme for the unemployed in the hotel sector
Income support for unemployed |
10 April 2020 |
Scheme for the remuneration of contract workers and self-employed in the afternoon programmes of the Ministry of Education
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
29 September 2020 Updated |
Special scheme for certain categories of self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
19 May 2022 |
Schooling of Ukrainian children in public schools
Access to childcare and education |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
27 October 2020 |
Incentives scheme for the employment of young NEET persons
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
27 October 2020 |
Incentive scheme for the employment of former prisoners
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
26 October 2020 |
Subsidised employment: Incentives for companies to hire unemployed
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
30 May 2022 |
Tax cut on fuel
Responses to inflation |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
08 April 2020 |
Teleworking and working from home in the public and broader public sector
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
10 April 2020 |
Telecare psychological services
Well-being of workers |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
09 April 2021 |
State sponsorship scheme for certain categories of non-VAT registered businesses and self-employed persons
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 July 2021 |
Sponsorship for businesses and self-employed that suspended operations
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 January 2021 |
Emergency financial support for farmers during COVID-19 pandemic
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 April 2021 |
Supporting measures for cultural operators and artists
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 April 2021 |
State sponsorship scheme for businesses and self-employed people
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
03 July 2020 |
New support package for the economy
Access to finance |
09 April 2020 |
Extension period for the payment of social insurances
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
09 April 2020 |
Suspension of payment of credit facilities instalments
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
05 January 2021 |
Scheme for the support of pig farming
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
04 January 2021 |
Support scheme for cooperatives and groups of producers in agriculture
Access to finance |
10 April 2020 |
Suspension of value added tax (VAT) payment
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
07 July 2021 |
State guarantees for credit institutions for loan granting to enterprises and self-employed
Access to finance |
Employment protection and retention |
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10 April 2020 Updated |
Antivirus employment retention programme
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
09 January 2022 |
Care allowance in case of emergency measures during the epidemic
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
05 April 2020 Updated |
Compensation bonus for self-employed and certain shareholders
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
01 November 2020 Updated |
Care allowance in crisis - during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Care allowance during emergency period for homeschooling 6 to 13 year-old children
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
11 May 2022 |
Subsidy for social services to assist people from Ukraine
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
05 January 2022 |
Adaptation courses for Ukrainian children aged 3 to 15
Access to childcare and education |
22 October 2020 Updated |
Simplified procedures to obtain one-time benefit for people in material distress
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
10 May 2022 |
Ukraine: Expansion of the public accommodation programme
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
09 May 2022 |
Solidarity subsidy for people accommodating Ukrainian refugees
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
09 May 2022 |
Housing supplement for low income households extended to Ukrainian refugees
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
26 April 2022 |
Temporary protection visas for Ukrainian refugees
Other humanitarian measures |
02 May 2022 |
Emergency humanitarian allowance for Ukrainian refugees
Other humanitarian measures |
09 May 2022 |
Allowance to cover elevated monthly housing costs for low-income households
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
13 July 2020 |
Deferral of rent payments for houses and flats
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
25 April 2022 |
Intensive language courses for Ukrainian children
Access to childcare and education |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
13 July 2020 Updated |
COVID Spa: vouchers for spa treatments to support the tourism industry
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Reorientation of business activities |
09 April 2020 |
Emergency package for Czech exporters
Matching/networking |
07 April 2020 |
Technology-COVID call within OPPIK
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
10 January 2021 |
COVID-19: Extra funding for school camps
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
31 October 2020 |
COVID-SPORT: Financial support for sports institutions
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
24 October 2020 |
COVID-Bus programme bases level of subsidies on environmental standards
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
24 October 2020 Updated |
COVID-Culture programme: Support for companies and workers in arts and culture
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
31 October 2020 Updated |
COVID SPORT II: Support for business entities in the field of sports
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
07 October 2020 Updated |
COVID-Accommodation services subsidies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
06 April 2021 Updated |
COVID Travel Agency Guarantee
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 January 2021 Updated |
COVID – Gastro – Closed establishments support programme
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 April 2021 Updated |
COVID 2021
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
06 April 2021 Updated |
COVID - Trade fairs/Congresses programme
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 July 2020 |
Lex voucher for tour operators in the tourism sector
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
29 June 2020 |
COVID III state guarantee programme for self-employed and companies up to 500 employees
Access to finance |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Debt moratorium on loans and mortgages
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
03 January 2021 Updated |
COVID Tourism support
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 May 2022 |
Subsidy for sectors most damaged by COVID-19 measures
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
01 July 2020 Updated |
COVID Plus guarantee for loans to export-oriented large companies
Access to finance |
01 July 2020 |
COVID Prague guarantee: credit guarantees for SMEs in the Prague region
Access to finance |
03 April 2020 Updated |
COVID I interest-free state loan
Access to finance |
03 April 2020 Updated |
COVID II state guarantee programme
Access to finance |
08 July 2020 Updated |
COVID-Rent support for entrepreneurs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
06 April 2020 |
Waiver of advance payments for social and health insurance for self-employed
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 April 2020 Updated |
Tax liberation and stabilisation packages
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
08 April 2021 Updated |
COVID – Uncovered costs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
31 December 2020 Updated |
Agricovid Food industry
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
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10 January 2022 |
COVID-19 winter package for hospitals
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
10 January 2022 |
Healthcare professionals can transfer their holidays to the next year
Working time and working time flexibility |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
23 March 2021 |
Offset of additional corona-related income against pension removed
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
25 April 2020 Updated |
Expanded monitoring of the labour market
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Jobsharing made more flexible
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Three months' suspension of eligibility criteria for long-term unemployment benefit holders
Income support for unemployed |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Support scheme for artists with different types of income
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
25 April 2020 Updated |
Special Act on sickness benefits and flexible distribution of work
Paid sick leave |
10 July 2020 Updated |
Support for people at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 virus
Paid sick leave |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary compensation scheme for self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Increased access to unemployment benefits and sickness benefits
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
10 January 2022 |
Change in sickness and parental benefits for the self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
07 April 2021 Updated |
Pregnant self-employed get temporary dispensation for employment requirement for maternity pay
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
11 January 2021 Updated |
Assistance for families with children at home during COVID-19
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
16 May 2022 |
Temporary residence permit for displaced people from Ukraine
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
16 May 2022 |
Subsidy scheme for private landlords housing Ukrainian refugees
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
18 May 2022 |
Basic integration training programme for Ukrainian refugees
Access to childcare and education |
18 May 2022 |
Municipalities offer special courses for Ukrainian children in primary school
Access to childcare and education |
16 May 2022 |
Access to health services for Ukrainians with temporary residence permits
Access to healthcare |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
10 July 2020 Updated |
Increased unemployment benefit rate granted during education
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
09 July 2021 |
Summer business package to boost economy and holiday activities
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
07 April 2021 Updated |
DKK 50 million for the upskilling of unemployed from the mink industry
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
07 January 2021 |
Extra help for particularly hard corona-affected areas
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
26 November 2020 Updated |
Payment of holiday funds
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
12 October 2021 |
DK2025 – Framework for the future fiscal policy in Denmark
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
20 May 2022 |
Extension of heat check subsidy for economically vulnerable groups
Responses to inflation |
23 December 2020 |
Agreement on measures targeted at the long-term unemployed
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
12 October 2021 |
Green Reboot of the Danish Economy
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
25 April 2020 |
COVID-19 recognised as a work injury
Occupational health and safety |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Extended deadlines for tax payments
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
14 April 2020 Updated |
Guarantee scheme for small companies (under 250 employees)
Access to finance |
14 April 2020 Updated |
Compensation for corporate fixed expenses
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Expanded entitlement for employer for reimbursement and for self-employed for sickness benefit
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
14 April 2020 Updated |
Guarantee scheme for large enterprises (above 250 employees)
Access to finance |
10 January 2022 |
Pool for discarded perishable items
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 December 2020 Updated |
COVID-19. Better conditions for particularly hard hit parts of Danish business, sports and cultural life
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
17 March 2021 Updated |
Compensation scheme for cancelled larger arrangements and events
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2020 |
Increased access to export credit
Access to finance |
Employment protection and retention |
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04 January 2021 Updated |
Compensation of employment costs in Ida-Virumaa and Harjumaa regions
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary subsidy programme
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
13 July 2020 |
Support to collective leaders participating in the song and dance festival movement
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Subsistence support for freelancers in creative industries
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Sick leave amendments
Paid sick leave |
06 October 2020 |
Allowance for parents of children with special needs
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
18 May 2022 |
Financing the education costs of Ukrainian war refugees
Access to childcare and education |
19 May 2022 |
Support for vulnerable groups to cope with increasing costs
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
17 May 2022 |
Free initial health checks for Ukrainian refugees
Access to healthcare |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
06 October 2020 |
Wage subsidy in agriculture
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
30 December 2020 |
New employment programme 2021-2023
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
23 December 2021 |
COVID-19 pandemic response fund – Company grants
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
07 April 2020 |
Social tax payments for solo self-employed
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Support in the field of education and youth
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
10 July 2020 Updated |
Grants for SMEs and entrepreneurs in tourism, accommodation, catering, travel and commerce sectors
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Measures to support shipping companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Interests on tax arrears suspended/reduced
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Emergency loan and loan guarantee
Access to finance |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Support package for culture field
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
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05 September 2020 |
Creation of a new instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE)
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
29 October 2020 |
Commission issues first emission of EU SURE social bonds
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
20 December 2021 |
European Commission relaunches Economic Governance Review
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
23 December 2021 |
Unifying the validity period of vaccination certificates
Other |
02 February 2021 |
The new annual programme of Public Employment Services Network
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
10 September 2020 |
Update to the biological agents directive to include SARS-CoV-2
Occupational health and safety |
Employment protection and retention |
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04 August 2020 Updated |
Long term short-working scheme
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Short-time working
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
10 April 2021 Updated |
Derogatory compensation for work stoppages related to the COVID-19 epidemic
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
31 March 2020 Updated |
Emergency measures relating to short-time working
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
16 May 2021 Updated |
Exceptional assistance to cover up to ten days of paid leave
Working time and working time flexibility |
20 April 2020 Updated |
Extension of short-time work to new categories of workers
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
11 April 2020 Updated |
Derogation from the taking of leave and rest breaks, daily and weekly working time
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
11 April 2020 |
Temporary derogation from working hours in essential services
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
16 April 2020 |
Bonus for hospital staff
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
21 April 2020 |
Derogation from the rules on driving time in road haulage
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
12 April 2020 Updated |
Exceptional purchasing power bonus for essential services employees
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
12 April 2020 Updated |
Work stoppage to care for a child under 16 years of age
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
13 April 2020 |
Extension of unemployment benefit entitlements for jobseekers
Income support for unemployed |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Exceptional support measures for intermittent workers and employees in the cultural sector
Income support for unemployed |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Extension of period for recipients of social rights allowances
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
20 May 2022 |
Disability compensation grants extended to Ukrainian refugees
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
20 May 2022 |
Work permit for Ukrainian refugees
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
19 May 2022 Updated |
Discount on the price of all fuels
Responses to inflation |
23 October 2021 |
Measures to promote recruitment in the entertainment sector
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
14 October 2020 Updated |
Financial support to hire workers with disabilities
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
20 May 2022 |
Pathways to integration through economic activity for Ukrainian refugees
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
23 October 2021 |
Support plan for the self-employed
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
20 May 2022 |
Aid for hiring people on fixed-term contracts in the entertainment industry
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
10 April 2021 Updated |
Exceptional aid for the recruitment of work-study students
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
20 May 2022 |
Support measures for building and public works companies
Responses to inflation |
08 April 2021 Updated |
Exceptional aid for the recruitment of young people
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
26 November 2020 Updated |
Recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease
Occupational health and safety |
27 July 2020 Updated |
Emergency measures relating to employee representative bodies
Other |
03 August 2020 |
National deconfinement protocol for companies
Occupational health and safety |
03 August 2020 |
Postponement of the assessment of trade unions’ representativeness in SMEs and extension of mandates in labour-related bodies
Other |
26 November 2020 |
Authorisation for employers to organise collective screening of employees
Occupational health and safety |
16 May 2021 |
COVID-19: sick leave within the waiting period
Occupational health and safety |
04 August 2020 |
Adapting Occupational Health Services to Health Emergencies
Occupational health and safety |
10 April 2020 Updated |
New telework rules: mandatory application, telework allowance and favourable tax treatment
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
10 April 2021 Updated |
New rules for taking meals at work
Occupational health and safety |
10 January 2022 Updated |
Regulations on biological risks of employees exposed to COVID-19
Occupational health and safety |
26 November 2020 Updated |
National protocol to ensure the health and safety of employees
Occupational health and safety |
03 August 2020 Updated |
Adaptation of collective bargaining rules
Changes in work organisation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
20 May 2022 |
Financial support measures for road transport sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
21 April 2020 |
Emergency fund for tourism professionals - Bourgogne Franche-Comté Region
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Deadlines for the payment of social and/or fiscal instalments
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
20 May 2022 |
Subsidy for companies that are large consumers of gas and electricity
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 April 2020 |
Assistance in the payment of rents, water, gas and electricity bills for business premises of companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 April 2020 Updated |
State-guaranteed treasury loans
Access to finance |
20 May 2022 |
State-guaranteed loan extended to companies affected by the war in Ukraine
Access to finance |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Solidarity fund for very small companies, the self-employed and micro-entrepreneurs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
|
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13 April 2020 Updated |
Easier access to short-time work
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
17 September 2020 Updated |
Premia for care workers in elderly care
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
10 January 2021 Updated |
Child benefit top-up
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
14 May 2020 Updated |
Bavaria: Extended aid for solo self-employed artists and performers
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
10 January 2021 Updated |
Instant support for employees with care duties
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
29 May 2020 Updated |
Adjustments to parental allowances
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
08 October 2020 Updated |
Social Protection Acts I, II and III
Other |
10 January 2021 Updated |
Parental leave payment flexibilisation
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
10 January 2021 Updated |
Income compensation in case of school or nursery closures (BMFSFJ)
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Basic income support for solo self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
29 May 2020 Updated |
Compensation of income losses for parents affected by lockdowns
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
09 May 2022 |
Access to basic social assistance, students assistance, and health insurance for Ukrainian refugees
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
06 May 2020 Updated |
Emergency child supplement
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
11 January 2021 Updated |
Easing access to basic income scheme
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
12 May 2022 |
One-time payment for receivers of unemployment and social assistance and unemployment benefits
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
09 May 2022 |
Child bonus 2022 to cushion pressures on families from rising energy prices
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
10 May 2022 |
Federal financial support for accommodation, schooling, childcare and care for Ukrainian refugees
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
09 May 2022 |
Energy price lump sum allowance for people paying income tax
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
17 May 2022 |
Residence permit and German labour market access
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
10 January 2022 Updated |
Tax and contribution exemption for COVID-19-related special payments
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
10 May 2022 |
Temporary reduction in fuel tax
Responses to inflation |
12 May 2022 |
Reduced €9 monthly ticket for local public transport
Responses to inflation |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
15 July 2021 Updated |
Sars-CoV-2 Occupational safety and health standard and ordinance
Occupational health and safety |
21 May 2020 |
Stricter regulations for the meat industry
Occupational health and safety |
15 September 2020 |
Trade unions support members to exercise right to withhold performance in case of OSH violations
Occupational health and safety |
12 October 2021 Updated |
German Infection Protection Act
Occupational health and safety |
15 July 2021 |
Occupational safety and health inspection act
Occupational health and safety |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Postponing insolvency procedures
Rescue procedures in case of insolvency or adaptation of insolvency regulation |
07 April 2020 Updated |
KfW instant loan for medium-sized entreprises
Access to finance |
07 October 2020 Updated |
Social Care Provider Act
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Waiving overdue tax debts
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Customised support for start-ups
Access to finance |
18 January 2021 |
November and December Aid
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 May 2022 |
Expanded loan guarantees for companies affected by the war in Ukraine
Access to finance |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Adjusting tax prepayments
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Emergency aid for freelancers, micro-entrepreneurs and solo self-employed
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Economic stabilisation fund
Access to finance |
07 April 2020 Updated |
KfW entrepreneur loan
Access to finance |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Direct participation for syndicate financing
Access to finance |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Deferral of tax payments
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
16 May 2022 |
Loan guarantees for companies affected by the war in Ukraine
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
19 April 2020 Updated |
Baden-Württemberg: Emergency aid for businesses with up to 50 employees
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
|
---|---|
10 July 2020 Updated |
'SYNERGASIA': Income support for employees working fewer hours
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
16 April 2020 |
State pays part of the Easter bonus for employees with suspended employment contracts
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Payment of Easter bonus may be deferred by companies affected by the pandemic
Wage flexibility |
10 December 2020 |
Replacing the house quarantine period with overtime work
Replacing the house quarantine period with overtime work
Working time and working time flexibility |
10 July 2020 Updated |
Support measures regarding seasonal employees
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
16 April 2020 |
Lifting of overtime work restrictions, extension of working hours during Sundays and leave for specific businesses
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Operation of businesses with safe operation staff
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
29 November 2020 |
Transfer of annual leave 2020 for employees with suspended employment contracts
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
16 April 2020 |
Extraordinary financial support to personnel of public health and civil protection institutions
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
16 April 2020 |
Workers belonging to the COVID-19 risk group may abstain from work
Paid sick leave |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Financial support for suspended and dismissed employees
Income support for unemployed |
16 April 2020 Updated |
State income benefit to support freelancers, self-employed and sole proprietors
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
10 July 2020 Updated |
Financial support for seasonal employees who are not re-hired in 2020
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Special purpose leave for working parents
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Extension of expired or expiring unemployment benefit payments
Income support for unemployed |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
30 September 2021 |
Emergency public health protection measures
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
29 November 2020 |
Setting of a maximum profit margin for health related products and services
Access to healthcare |
20 May 2022 |
Integration of Ukrainian refugee children into the Greek education system
Access to childcare and education |
01 October 2020 Updated |
Renewal of the validity of the disability certificates and the payment of benefits
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
06 May 2022 |
Access to the labour market and medical care for Ukrainian refugees
Other humanitarian measures |
16 April 2020 Updated |
e-prescriptions and delivery of pharmaceutical products to patients via courier
Access to healthcare |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Athens home care programme for people in need
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
29 November 2020 Updated |
'Bridge Programme' for the support of mortgage loan borrowers
Preventing over-indebtedness |
18 May 2022 |
Obligation to declare stocks of basic goods to avoid profiteering
Other |
18 May 2022 |
Reception and accommodation centres for Ukrainian refugees
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
21 December 2021 |
Scheme to protect primary residences
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
05 October 2021 |
Freedom Pass: Data
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Strengthening municipal social policy and solidarity: Help at home programme
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Additional housing allowance scheme
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Shelter in Athens to open for the homeless
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
21 October 2020 |
Subsidy for 100,000 recruitments of unemployed
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Training voucher of €600 for specific professionals
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Suspension of employment contracts
Flexibilisation and security |
16 April 2020 |
Distance learning introduced for public training programmes
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
23 December 2020 |
Replacing the house quarantine period with overtime work
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
16 April 2020 |
Prohibition of dismissal of employees
Flexibilisation and security |
13 May 2022 |
Subsidy for fuels for low- to medium-income individuals and taxi services
Responses to inflation |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
13 July 2020 |
Health and Safety measures in the workplace
Occupational health and safety |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Employers authorised to unilaterally switch to teleworking
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
25 September 2020 |
Distance working or work suspension for vulnerable workers
Working distance or suspending work of vulnerable groups.
Working distance or suspending work of vulnerable group
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Organisation of work in the public sector
Changes of working hours or work arrangements |
30 September 2021 |
Recruitment of fixed-term employees/Outsourcing services
Occupational health and safety |
13 December 2021 |
Mandatory COVID-19 testing for private sector employees
Occupational health and safety |
08 April 2021 Updated |
Free COVID-19 rapid tests in businesses with a staff of more than 20 employees
Occupational health and safety |
Reorientation of business activities |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Transfer of personnel to companies within the same group
Transfer or redeployment of workers |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
04 April 2020 Updated |
Reduced lease payments for commercial leases and primary residences as well as for financial lease
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
VAT reduction from 24% to 6% for products needed to protect against COVID-19
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Repayable state cash advance aid scheme for companies with less than 500 employees
Access to finance |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Subsidy of interest costs for performing loans
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
New loans through the entrepreneurship fund of the Hellenic development Bank
Access to finance |
20 October 2020 Updated |
Working capital grants for micro and small enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 December 2021 |
State aid to support companies in the Regional Unit of Evia
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
04 April 2020 Updated |
Acceleration of income tax and VAT refund
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
04 April 2020 Updated |
Outstanding tax payments postponed to October
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
19 April 2021 |
Programme for subsidising fixed business costs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
14 December 2021 |
Fixed cost subsidy for companies financially affected by the pandemic
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 July 2020 |
Suspension of VAT payment for construction work on hotel accommodation
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
05 April 2020 Updated |
Deductions from assessed tax liabilities for companies retaining employees
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 January 2021 |
E-Commerce Platforms' Funding via EU NSRF
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
24 May 2022 |
Electricity subsidy for companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
|
---|---|
15 April 2020 Updated |
Wage support programme for job retention - Kurzarbeit with training obligation
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
17 April 2020 Updated |
Working time banking period raised in the pandemic situation
Working time and working time flexibility |
03 December 2020 Updated |
Wage support for sectors - catering and recreation
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
05 October 2020 Updated |
New public health-care service contracts with pay rise for doctors
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Income support for employees engaged in R+D activities
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
01 October 2020 Updated |
Healthcare workers’ reward for COVID-19 work
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
15 July 2021 |
Compensation for self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
03 June 2022 |
Education and childcare for Ukrainian refugee children
Access to childcare and education |
17 April 2020 Updated |
Interest-free student loans
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
16 April 2020 |
Mandatory contribution to COVID-19 defence fund from banking and retail sectors
Other |
03 June 2022 Updated |
Budapest Helps: Website with information for refugees
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Suspension on loan payments for private individuals
Preventing over-indebtedness |
03 June 2022 |
Healthcare services for Ukrainian refugees
Access to healthcare |
22 May 2022 |
Services for Ukrainian refugees under temporary protection
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
03 June 2022 |
Government information page and support for charities for Ukraine
Other humanitarian measures |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
12 January 2022 |
Employee training for business resilience
Flexibilisation and security |
24 May 2022 |
Price cap on fuel and basic food items
Responses to inflation |
09 April 2021 |
Restart interest-free fast loan
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
23 May 2022 |
Employment subsidies for Ukrainian refugees
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
11 October 2021 |
Tax rebate for parents
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Wage support for job creation/workforce support programme for companies (2021)
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
07 October 2020 Updated |
Employee bonus scheme SZÉP card limit rise
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
16 April 2020 Updated |
New working arrangements (eg. telework) due to pandemic
Changes of working hours or work arrangements |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
08 January 2021 Updated |
Local business tax reduction and cap
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
12 August 2020 Updated |
Support for music industry
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
12 January 2022 |
Utility bill reduction for SMEs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Suspension on loan payments for companies
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Rent freeze and contract termination ban for businesses in specific sectors
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Relief of ‘KATA’ small entrepreneurs’ tax for certain target sectors hard-hit by the Coronavirus pandemic
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Relief of tax on labour for certain target sectors affected by COVID-19
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
07 December 2020 Updated |
Provisions relating to accommodation services
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 October 2020 Updated |
Subsidy to improve competitiveness in coronavirus pandemic
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
|
---|---|
17 July 2020 |
Temporary Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (TWSCS)
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
23 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary COVID-19 wage subsidy scheme
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
18 September 2020 Updated |
New wage subsidy scheme (EWSS) is less generous, but fiscally more sustainable
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
06 May 2020 |
Measures to deploy a larger workforce in public healthcare and allow for the reassignment of public sector staff and teachers to other duties
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
13 July 2021 Updated |
New statutory sick leave from 2022
Paid sick leave |
25 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 pandemic unemployment payment introduced
Income support for unemployed |
25 April 2020 Updated |
Increased illness benefit for COVID-19 absences
Paid sick leave |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
23 May 2022 |
Ukrainian refugees have full access to labour market, social services and benefits under Temporary Protection Directive
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
06 May 2020 Updated |
Restrictions on evictions and rent freezes for landlords
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
09 November 2020 |
New tax credit introduced to encourage spending in hospitality sector
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
14 October 2021 |
Budget for 2022 includes a number of measures to aid recovery
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
19 May 2022 |
Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme for all Irish households
Responses to inflation |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
12 April 2021 Updated |
National Remote Work Strategy aims to make remote working a permanent option after the pandemic
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Reorientation of business activities |
26 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 online retail scheme
Creation of platforms for businesses aimed at customer |
26 April 2020 Updated |
Trading online voucher scheme
Creation of platforms for businesses aimed at customer |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
29 January 2021 |
Funding supports for the sport sector
Access to finance |
29 January 2021 |
Range of supports introduced for the arts, culture and performance sectors
Access to finance |
26 April 2020 |
Microfinance Ireland COVID-19 business loan
Access to finance |
08 October 2021 Updated |
New legislation provides for rescue framework for small and micro companies
Rescue procedures in case of insolvency or adaptation of insolvency regulation |
26 April 2020 |
COVID-19 business financial planning grant
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
26 April 2020 |
Business continuity voucher
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
25 April 2020 Updated |
Credit guarantee scheme for COVID-19 for SMEs
Access to finance |
11 November 2020 Updated |
Supports for self-employed individuals introduced in the budget
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
12 November 2020 |
Supports for companies impacted by local COVID-19 restrictions
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
26 April 2020 |
COVID-19 working capital loan scheme
Access to finance |
06 May 2020 Updated |
Suspension of the obligation of employers to pay redundancy payments
Rescue procedures in case of insolvency or adaptation of insolvency regulation |
Employment protection and retention |
|
---|---|
09 April 2020 Updated |
Ordinary wage guarantees and new regulation of the exceptional wage guarantee fund
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
10 April 2020 |
Reward for employees exposed to risk in March
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
05 May 2022 |
Support measures for students, doctoral candidates, researchers, teachers of Ukraine
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
09 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 indemnity for self-employed, economically dependent workers and employees
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
10 April 2020 |
Income protection for the workers' period of quarantine
Paid sick leave |
14 April 2021 Updated |
Allowance for seasonal workers in tourism, spectacles, sports and spas
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
21 December 2020 |
Extraordinary income and operational continuity indemnity
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
29 July 2021 |
Discipline of the unemployment benefit
Income support for unemployed |
15 July 2020 |
Suspension of conditionality requirements for income support measures
Income support for unemployed |
14 July 2020 Updated |
Emergency income
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
27 July 2021 |
Allowance for collaborators in the sport sector
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Leave and allowance for workers with children and other dependants
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
12 May 2020 |
Extension of the solidarity fund for mortgages for the purchase of the first home
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
06 May 2022 |
Reception of Ukrainian refugees
Other humanitarian measures |
21 December 2020 |
Contribution for the reduction of rents
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
12 November 2020 |
Fund supporting non-self-sufficient people
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
14 July 2020 Updated |
Suspension of evictions
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
14 July 2020 |
Regularisation of irregular employment
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
08 January 2021 |
Employability program for workers
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
31 March 2020 Updated |
Temporary suspension of individual and collective dismissals
Flexibilisation and security |
18 May 2022 |
Subsidy for low-income employees
Responses to inflation |
26 July 2021 |
Re-employment contract
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
11 January 2022 |
Car purchase incentives to support the automotive industry
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
21 December 2020 |
New skills fund - to be implemented via company level agreements
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
14 April 2021 |
Social fund for employment and training
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
27 July 2021 |
Flexibilisation of temporary contracts
Flexibilisation and security |
29 July 2021 |
Elimination of the ban to dismissals
Flexibilisation and security |
13 October 2021 |
Urgent provisions to access to cultural, sporting and recreational activities
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
12 November 2020 |
Work support endowment - People with disabilities - Employed COVID EMERGENCY (EMERGO 2019)
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
21 December 2020 |
Tax advantages on building and energy mattersefficiency (Superbonus 110%)
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
12 November 2020 |
Workplace adaptation in favour of people with disabilities including in response to the COVID-19 health emergency
Occupational health and safety |
30 October 2020 |
New measures for the teleworking in the public administration
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
28 September 2020 Updated |
Protocol for the containment of the COVID-19 spread in the construction sites
Occupational health and safety |
28 September 2020 Updated |
Protocol for the containment of the COVID-19 spread in the transport sector and logistics
Occupational health and safety |
14 April 2021 |
Measures to support workers in fragile conditions
Occupational health and safety |
31 March 2020 Updated |
Simplifying the adoption of the smart working regime
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Reorientation of business activities |
11 January 2021 |
Contract for the inter-professional expansion
Change of production/innovation |
11 January 2022 |
Voucher for the purchase of consultancy services for SMEs
Change of production/innovation |
11 April 2021 |
Fund for enhancing research and the industrial reconversion of the biopharmaceutical sector
Change of production/innovation |
12 January 2022 |
Incentives for the industrial and ecological transition
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
13 October 2021 |
Urgent provisions to support the touristic sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 July 2020 Updated |
Direct subsidy to companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
30 October 2020 |
Fund to sustain enterprises in the agriculture, fishery and acquaculture industries
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
28 October 2020 Updated |
Fund for the support of amateur sports associations and clubs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 January 2022 |
Non-repayable allowance for operators in the historic centres
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
12 January 2022 |
Emergency fund for local broadcasters
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
08 January 2021 |
Suspension of the payment of social security contributions
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
28 July 2021 |
Tax credit for the sanitation and purchase of individual protection devices
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
29 July 2021 |
Non-repayable allowance for businesses and professionals
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
18 May 2022 |
Grants for small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises affected by the war in Ukraine
Foreign trade related measures |
12 January 2022 |
Non-repayable grants for companies in the events sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 October 2021 |
Measures to support business liquidity
Access to finance |
13 October 2021 |
Urgent measures to support the textile and fashion sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 January 2022 |
Tax deduction of the costs for renovation works
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
14 July 2020 |
Exemption of the regional production tax
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
10 April 2020 |
Loan instalments deferral for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises affected by the COVID-19 epidemic
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
13 October 2021 |
Fund to support closed economic activities
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
14 April 2021 |
Support measures for mountain municipalities in ski districts
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2020 |
Measures to support businesses in obtaining credit
Access to finance |
08 January 2021 |
Financial support to the activities in the agriculture, fishery and aquaculture sectors
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
28 October 2020 |
Cancellation of the second installment of the Single Municipal Tax (IMU)
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 October 2021 |
Measures for the continuity of passenger air transport
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
14 October 2021 |
Entertainment, cinema and audiovisual emergency fund
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
27 July 2021 |
Financial support measures for the printing and advertising industry
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
28 July 2021 |
Waste tax break for enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 April 2021 |
Non-repayable allowance for businesses and professionals
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
30 October 2020 Updated |
Rental bonus for businesses and professionals
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
14 April 2021 Updated |
Extraordinary Fund for the Third Sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2020 |
Credit guarantee for SMEs
Access to finance |
18 May 2022 |
Measures for companies with interests in Ukraine, the Russian Federation or Belarus
Access to finance |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Suspension of tax deductions, social security and welfare contributions and premiums for compulsory insurance
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
12 April 2021 |
Fund to support large enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
12 January 2022 |
Non-repayable allowance for the tanning industry
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
19 May 2022 |
Tax credit for road hauliers
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
19 May 2022 |
Subsidies for companies strongly affected by the Ukrainian crisis
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Guarantee fund for SMEs
Access to finance |
11 May 2022 |
Energy bonus for enterprises
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
28 September 2020 |
Reduction of social security contributions for affected companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
07 January 2021 Updated |
Non-repayable allowance for the activities in the catering sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
|
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14 January 2021 Updated |
Idle-time allowance for self-employed (re-introduced)
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
14 January 2021 Updated |
Wage subsidy for short time employees
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
05 January 2022 |
Wage subsidy for employees
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
10 January 2022 |
Wage subsidy for self-employed
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
13 January 2021 Updated |
Idle-time allowance for employees (re-introduced)
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Idle-time allowance for employees
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
26 April 2021 |
Support for beauty care industry
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
24 May 2022 |
Reduced requirements to work as a taxi driver for Ukrainian refugees
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
24 May 2022 |
Right of Ukrainians to engage in medical professions
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Allowances for idle time for self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
28 October 2020 Updated |
Extension of unemployment benefits to self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
14 April 2020 Updated |
Additional child-bonus for employees entitled to the allowance for idle time
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
17 January 2021 Updated |
Unemployment benefit for recent graduates
Income support for unemployed |
10 May 2020 Updated |
Sickness leave paid by state in case of COVID-19 infection
Paid sick leave |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
26 April 2021 |
One time benefit for pensioners and people with disabilities
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
26 April 2021 |
One time benefit for each child
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
24 May 2022 |
Financial support for free accommodation for Ukrainian civilians
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
26 April 2021 |
Assistance benefit for unemployed with expired unemployment benefit period
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
17 January 2021 |
Support for self-isolation in tourist accommodation
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
24 May 2022 |
Initial accommodation and meals for Ukrainian refugees
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Measures intended to give the debtor additional time to fulfill obligations
Preventing over-indebtedness |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Cancellation of the advance payments of the personal income tax
Preventing over-indebtedness |
23 May 2022 |
Free regional public transport for Ukrainian refugees
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
24 May 2022 |
Subsidies for citizens to reduce the rise in energy prices
Responses to inflation |
24 May 2022 |
Employment of Ukrainian civilians in education and sports
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
23 May 2022 |
Easing access to employment for Ukrainian refugees
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
26 November 2020 |
COVID-19 recognised as an occupational disease
Occupational health and safety |
Reorientation of business activities |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Support measures to reorient business towards the production of disinfectants
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
16 April 2020 Updated |
ALTUM Working capital loan
Access to finance |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Postponement of tax payments
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
29 July 2021 |
Support for shopping centres to overcome the effects of the COVID-19 crisis
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
ALTUM Loan Holidays Guarantee
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
26 October 2020 Updated |
Support for tourism sector companies affected by COVID-19
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
26 October 2020 |
Support for exporters affected by COVID-19 crisis
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 January 2022 |
Postponement of tax payments (re-introduced)
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Direct refund of the overpayment of VAT
Access to finance |
15 April 2020 Updated |
Measures regarding insolvency and legal protection processes
Rescue procedures in case of insolvency or adaptation of insolvency regulation |
14 April 2020 Updated |
Submission of annual reports
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
12 January 2022 |
Support for cultural, recreational and leisure venues affected by the COVID-19 crisis
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
17 January 2021 Updated |
Grant for working capital flow
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
29 July 2021 |
Support for COVID-19 crisis-affected sports centers
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
10 January 2022 |
Grant for working capital flow (re-introduced)
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
|
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13 April 2021 Updated |
Grants for the self-employed
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Wage subsidies for companies declaring idle time due to quarantine/emergency situation
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
02 July 2020 |
Subsidies for older employees in companies that have announced downtime
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
02 October 2020 |
Tourism services for medical staff compensated by the State
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
08 April 2020 |
Wage increases for medical staff
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
02 July 2020 Updated |
Temporary job-search benefit for unemployed who would otherwise not be eligible to receive benefits
Income support for unemployed |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Compensation for doctors and other officials infected with COVID-19 during their duty
Paid sick leave |
20 May 2022 |
Benefits for children of foreigners
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
03 July 2020 |
A lump sum payment for children on top of child benefit
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Compensation for self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Compensation for employees looking after children or disabled persons while in quarantine
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
03 July 2020 Updated |
Increase of the tax-exempt amount of income for workers earning below the annual minimum wage
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
21 September 2020 |
Benefits for people engaged in individual agricultural activities
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Compensation for employees in self-isolation
Paid sick leave |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
20 May 2022 |
One-off settlement allowance for refugees under temporary protection
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
20 May 2022 |
Compensations for providing housing to Ukrainian citizens free of charge
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
02 July 2020 |
A lump sum of €200 for pensioners and disabled people
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
08 April 2020 |
Deferral of mortgage payments
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
20 May 2022 |
Compensation for child’s education under temporary protection
Access to childcare and education |
20 May 2022 |
Granting temporary protection to Ukrainian citizens in the Republic of Lithuania
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
03 July 2020 Updated |
Increasing social assistance for low-income households
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
20 May 2022 |
Cash social assistance to foreigners
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
15 September 2020 |
Subsidising job creation/adaptation
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
02 July 2020 Updated |
Wage subsidies to companies at the end of quarantine
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
06 April 2020 |
Vocational training for workers who have been suspended due to quarantine regime
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
10 September 2020 |
Support for self-employment of people with disabilities
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
20 May 2022 |
Simplified procedure for employing Ukrainian citizens
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
13 April 2021 |
Compensated COVID-19 testing for small- and medium-sized enterprises
Occupational health and safety |
15 September 2020 |
Improvement of working conditions for employees with serious health problems
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
12 July 2021 |
Procedure for calculating maternity, paternity and childcare benefits for employees
Well-being of workers |
06 April 2020 |
Suspending an employee from work in the event of an emergency or quarantine
Occupational health and safety |
Reorientation of business activities |
02 July 2020 |
Subsidies for self-employed to reorient their business activities
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
20 May 2022 |
Loans for start-ups of Ukrainian refugees
Access to finance |
08 April 2020 |
Tourism coupons
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Soft loans to provide liquidity in the most affected sectors
Access to finance |
07 April 2020 |
Compensation for interest on loan or lease payments
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
27 July 2020 |
Subsidies for microenterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
30 December 2021 |
ESF measure Creative Vouchers COVID-19
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
07 April 2020 Updated |
Tax deferral for companies and self-employed
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
21 September 2020 |
Partial compensation of lease payments for businesses most affected by COVID-19
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
21 September 2020 Updated |
Loans to providers of accommodation and catering services
Access to finance |
21 September 2020 Updated |
Loans to providers of tourism services
Access to finance |
11 October 2021 |
Rental subsidies for self-employed
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 April 2021 |
Reimbursement of marketplace fees
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 April 2021 Updated |
Direct COVID-19 loans for businesses
Access to finance |
12 July 2021 |
Subsidies for the most affected businesses
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
07 April 2020 |
Guarantees for business loans and leasing
Access to finance |
12 July 2021 |
Preferential VAT rates for catering industries and the cultural sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
|
---|---|
05 January 2021 Updated |
Recovery and solidarity fund for businesses
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
11 April 2020 |
Possibility to refuse or cancel leave in essential sectors of activity
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
11 April 2020 |
Voluntary interruption of parental leave to resume essential professional activity
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
11 May 2020 |
Increase in working time during the crisis period
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
05 January 2021 |
Temporary extension of working hours in the health sector
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Pandemic-related parental leave in order to take care of children under 13
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
10 July 2020 Updated |
Implementation of new emergency aid for independent workers
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Stricter rules on leave for family reasons in connection with the Coronavirus epidemic
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
06 April 2020 |
Establishment of an emergency fund for the self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
11 May 2020 |
Automatic extension of unemployment benefits
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
11 April 2020 Updated |
Suspension of the trial period in businesses affected by the crisis
Flexibilisation and security |
30 November 2020 Updated |
Support for apprenticeship: a bonus for companies
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
28 September 2020 |
Employment reintegration contract for disadvantaged workers
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
10 January 2022 |
Exceptional financial support for training organisations
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
29 March 2021 Updated |
Extension of aid scheme to stimulate investment in the COVID-19 era and increased aid amount
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
30 November 2020 |
Assessment of the labour inspectorate's controls during collective leave
Well-being of workers |
11 April 2020 Updated |
Exceptional measures regarding teleworking for cross-border workers
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
12 January 2022 |
CovidCheck in business: 3G plan
Occupational health and safety |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
09 July 2021 Updated |
Aid to compensate for temporary financial difficulties
Access to finance |
13 July 2020 |
Aid of €5,000 for micro-companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
06 April 2021 |
New minimis aid scheme for self-employed
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
22 March 2021 Updated |
Aid to compensate for the increase of the social minimum wage
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Financial aid for self-employed to compensate for temporary financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 crisis
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
06 January 2021 Updated |
Extension of temporary state contribution to uncovered costs of companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
10 April 2020 Updated |
State guarantee scheme for new bank loans for a maximum period of 6 years
Access to finance |
07 January 2021 |
Compensation for the increase in minimum wage in the context of COVID-19
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Special anti-crisis financing
Access to finance |
06 April 2020 |
Emergency fund for very small businesses and self-employed persons
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary measures concerning social security contribution
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
|
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04 April 2020 Updated |
Additional unemployed benefit
Income support for unemployed |
06 July 2020 Updated |
In-work benefit for working parents
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
04 April 2020 Updated |
Medical benefit for COVID-19 risk group who cannot carry out their work
Paid sick leave |
04 April 2020 Updated |
Person with disability benefit who cannot work for medical reasons can apply for benefit
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
04 April 2020 Updated |
Quarantine leave - Grants for employers
Paid sick leave |
04 April 2020 Updated |
New parental benefit to care for children during school closures
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
22 December 2020 |
Rental assistance for employees impacted by COVID-19
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
23 September 2020 Updated |
Measures to support the construction and property industries
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
20 December 2021 |
Exemption from Tax on Property Transfers
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
22 December 2020 |
Free courses for tourism workers
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
22 December 2020 Updated |
Gozo Telework Scheme
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
04 April 2020 Updated |
Facilitating teleworking
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Reorientation of business activities |
21 September 2020 |
Export credit guarantees to support entrance to new markets
Change of production/innovation |
21 September 2020 |
Cash grant for companies to produce products related to COVID
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
06 July 2020 Updated |
Moratorium on loan repayments
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
22 December 2020 |
Interest rate subsidy on bank loans
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
06 July 2020 Updated |
Malta Development Bank COVID-19 Guarantee Scheme
Access to finance |
04 April 2020 Updated |
Deferral of payment of taxes
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
07 July 2020 Updated |
Microinvest Cash Conversion
Access to finance |
Employment protection and retention |
|
---|---|
21 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary emergency measure for the preservation of jobs
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
21 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary subsidy for self-employed
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
08 April 2021 Updated |
Support for households at risk of serious financial difficulty
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
01 June 2021 |
Support Package social and mental wellbeing and lifestyle
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
09 January 2021 Updated |
Extra compensation for local governments
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
09 January 2021 Updated |
Measures for the second package for the cultural and creative sector
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
02 December 2020 |
Government guidelines cybersecurity and remote working
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
21 April 2020 Updated |
Right to delay tax payments for entrepreneurs
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
07 May 2020 Updated |
SME credit guarantee scheme (BMKB)
Access to finance |
21 April 2020 Updated |
Expanding business loan guarantee scheme
Access to finance |
23 April 2020 Updated |
Extra package of support measures for the cultural sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
21 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary guarantees for companies active in agriculture and horticulture sectors
Access to finance |
08 April 2021 Updated |
Bridging loans for micro, small and medium sized enterprises
Access to finance |
09 January 2021 Updated |
Taxation measures for enterprises
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
21 April 2020 Updated |
Interest reduction and loan payment delays for small enterprises using microcredit Qredits system
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
09 January 2021 Updated |
Time-Out Arrangement
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
21 April 2020 Updated |
Subsidy for entrepreneurs in affected sectors
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
|
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17 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary exemption from pension reduction for health professionals
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
21 April 2020 |
Schools and kindergartens open to personnel in critical society functions
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
21 April 2020 Updated |
Extended right to care benefit for employed parents
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
19 April 2020 Updated |
Reduction of employer's responsibility for funding sick leave to three days if illness is COVID-19-related
Paid sick leave |
25 April 2020 Updated |
New compensation scheme for laid off apprentices
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
17 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary prolongation of the payment period during layoff
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
09 July 2020 |
Temporary right to unemployment benefits for laid-off third-country nationals
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
17 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary income assurance scheme for self-employed and freelancers
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
18 May 2022 |
Electricity Support Act: Reducing household electricity costs
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
01 June 2022 |
Childcare and education for people displaced from Ukraine
Access to childcare and education |
11 May 2022 |
Reception and settlement of people displaced from Ukraine
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
01 June 2022 |
Language training and inclusion of people displaced from Ukraine
Access to childcare and education |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
09 July 2020 Updated |
Right to combine unemployment benefit with training
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
07 July 2021 |
Support for in-house training
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
01 October 2020 Updated |
Wage support to re-employ previously laid off staff
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
02 October 2020 |
A package to stimulate green growth
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
06 January 2022 |
New wage support scheme
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Reorientation of business activities |
06 April 2021 |
Funding of restructuring projects in the event industry
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
05 January 2022 Updated |
Compensation scheme for cultural sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 July 2021 |
Umbrella scheme for liquidity support for undertakings in municipalities
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
19 April 2020 Updated |
Business Compensation Scheme
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
19 April 2020 |
Restoration of the Government Bond Fund
Access to finance |
19 April 2020 Updated |
State loan guarantee for airlines
Access to finance |
19 April 2020 Updated |
State guarantee scheme for loans to businesses
Access to finance |
06 January 2021 Updated |
Grant for additional costs for entry quarantine
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
02 October 2020 Updated |
Maintenance of ski resorts and amusement parks
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 May 2022 |
Loan guarantee scheme for companies affected by the war in Ukraine
Access to finance |
17 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary amendment to the regulation of layoffs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
17 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary cancellation of the air passenger tax
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
27 April 2020 |
Countercyclical capital buffer is reduced
Access to finance |
01 October 2020 Updated |
New measures for entrepreneurs and growth companies
Access to finance |
08 April 2021 |
Funding of restructuring projects in the tourist industry
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 May 2022 |
Crisis measures for the business community in East Finnmark
Access to finance |
18 May 2022 |
Subsidy for electricity costs in the agricultural sector and greenhouse industry
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 January 2021 Updated |
New business compensation scheme for enterprises with large fall in turnover
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 October 2020 |
Subsidies to commercial bus and passenger boat operators
Access to finance |
05 January 2021 Updated |
Grant scheme for events with cultural or artistic content
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
27 April 2020 Updated |
Support for agriculture and agricultural industries
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
02 October 2020 |
New compensation for tourism companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 May 2022 |
Subsidy for loss of income for companies affected by the war in Ukraine
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
17 April 2020 |
Temporary reversal of corporate deficit
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
05 January 2021 Updated |
Support scheme for large open events
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
|
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16 September 2020 Updated |
Anti-crisis shield: Wage subsidies for employees with disabilities
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Anti-crisis shield: Employment protection and wage subsidies
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
11 May 2020 Updated |
Flexible working time arrangements and introduction of less favourable working conditions
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
20 January 2021 |
Ban on Sunday trading partly lifted in December
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Measures supporting solo self-employed and freelancers
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
11 May 2020 Updated |
Sick leave allowance for people returning from abroad and their household members under quarantine
Paid sick leave |
06 May 2022 |
Access to social benefits for Ukrainian refugees: Support for families and individuals
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
11 May 2020 Updated |
Care allowances for working parents forced to provide personal daycare for young children due to school/pre-school system lockdown
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
18 May 2022 |
In-kind support and financial support for Ukrainian artists
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
17 May 2022 |
Food assistance for Ukrainian refugees
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
18 May 2022 |
Access to childcare and education for Ukrainian refugees
Access to childcare and education |
06 May 2022 |
Access to healthcare for Ukrainian refugees
Access to healthcare |
11 May 2022 |
Benefits for people who help to house and feed refugees
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
20 May 2022 |
Help with mortgage payments
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
18 May 2022 |
Social security numbers and residence for Ukrainian refugees
Other humanitarian measures |
20 May 2022 |
City of Ciechanów exempts private hosts of refugees from real estate tax
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
19 May 2022 |
Extension of temporary residence permits and visas for Ukrainians
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
09 January 2022 Updated |
Counter-inflation Shield
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
16 July 2020 |
Anti-takeover measures
Other |
01 October 2020 Updated |
Anti-crisis shield: Additional support for companies and NGOs employing people with disabilities
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
15 April 2021 Updated |
Extending the validity of tourism voucher in specific circumstances
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
09 May 2022 |
Simplified procedures for Ukrainian healthcare personnel
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
16 July 2020 Updated |
Tourism voucher
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
31 October 2020 Updated |
New permanent regulation on remote work under consideration
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
09 January 2022 Updated |
Obligatory COVID-19 vaccination for selected occupational groups
Occupational health and safety |
14 October 2021 |
Prolonged terms in office for trade union officials and other employee representatives due to the pandemic
Other |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
28 October 2020 Updated |
Sectoral shield: Support measures for sectors affected by lockdown measures
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
28 December 2020 Updated |
Financial Shield 2.0: Micro enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 April 2020 Updated |
Anti-crisis shield: Deferral of social security contributions for self-employed and micro companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
30 December 2020 Updated |
Financial Shield 2.0: Large enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2021 Updated |
Remission of aid granted under the Anti-crisis Shield on the government agenda
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
11 July 2021 |
Financial Shields extended
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 July 2021 Updated |
Tax on the Financial Shield to be canceled
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 January 2022 |
The next edition of the Anti-Crisis Shield comes to force in January
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
11 July 2021 |
Social Security Institution's aid under the Anti-Crisis Shield amounts to PLN 37.5 billion
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 April 2021 Updated |
The government's decision to cut down rental rates in shopping malls
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
30 April 2020 |
Financial shield: Micro enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
30 April 2020 Updated |
Financial shield: large enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
28 September 2020 Updated |
Anti-crisis shield: Temporary deferral of obligatory payments to the State Fund for the Rehabilitation of Disabled People
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
02 February 2021 Updated |
Aiding school shops on the government agenda
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
20 July 2021 Updated |
Financial Shield 1.0 for microfirms and SMEs - some subsidies to be returned
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
02 November 2021 |
Challenging refusals from Social Security contributions exemptions
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
15 April 2021 Updated |
Artists with civil law contracts can claim work stoppage allowance
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
30 April 2020 |
Financial shield: Small and medium enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
31 December 2020 Updated |
Financial Shield 2.0: Small and medium-sized enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 October 2021 |
Relaxed restrictions regarding aid granted under anti-crisis shields
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
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06 April 2020 Updated |
Exceptional and temporary measure on layoffs to protect jobs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
14 October 2020 Updated |
Support to temporary reduction of the normal period of working time
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
06 April 2020 |
Exceptional regime suspending overtime limits
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
08 April 2020 |
Care for children or other dependants of workers of essential services
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
08 April 2020 |
Rotation of working teams rota in public passenger transportation companies
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
09 April 2020 |
Temporary and exceptional support to the emergency reinforcement of public and solidary health and social care services
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Extraordinary extension of unemployment benefit and social benefit
Income support for unemployed |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Extraordinary support for the reduction of self-employed economic activity
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
18 July 2021 Updated |
Extraordinary support to workers income
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
13 April 2020 |
Exceptional and temporary recognition of the right to sick pay
Paid sick leave |
02 June 2020 Updated |
Exceptional support to workers' families
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
09 July 2020 Updated |
Protection of self-employed and informal workers
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
10 July 2020 |
Social support for artists, authors, technicians and other arts professionals
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
17 January 2021 Updated |
Exceptional and temporary regime of justified absences to family care
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
13 April 2020 |
Suspension of evictions and of the expiration of lease contracts
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Protection of rent payments for renters and landlords
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Banking moratoriums
Preventing over-indebtedness |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Regularisation of immigrants' presence on national territory
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
14 July 2020 Updated |
Provision of essential utility services guaranteed for citizens
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
06 April 2020 |
Reinforcement of resources and powers of the authority for working conditions (ACT)
Flexibilisation and security |
07 April 2020 |
Extraordinary training plan - Exceptional and temporary measure to protect jobs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
19 April 2021 |
Support measures within the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
18 January 2021 |
ADAPTAR Programme - Adaptation of business activity in the context of COVID-19
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Exceptional suspension of termination of employment contracts in NationalExceptional suspension of termination of employment in Health Servic
Flexibilisation and security |
15 October 2020 Updated |
Training plan for companies with temporary reduction of the normal period of working time
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
12 April 2021 |
Exceptional suspension of deadlines associated with survival and expiry of collective agreements
Other |
07 October 2020 |
Supporting the labour market integration of young people - internships ATIVAR.PT
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
06 October 2020 |
Financial support for the hiring of young unemployed - Incentive ATIVAR.PT
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
02 October 2020 |
Internship ATIVAR.PT - Internships for unemployed persons with disability or impairment
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
02 October 2020 |
Incentive ATIVAR.PT - Incentive for employers to hire unemployed persons with disability or impairment
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
01 June 2022 |
Autovoucher subsidy for fuel consumption
Responses to inflation |
01 June 2022 |
Monthly subsidy for families to counter inflation
Responses to inflation |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Extraordinary financial incentive to support the normalisation of business activity
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
10 July 2020 |
Support to companies for hiring on the basis of teleworking contracts in interior regions
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
21 July 2021 |
Plan to reactivate tourism and build the future
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
12 October 2020 Updated |
Staggered working times - exceptional and transitory regime
Changes of working hours or work arrangements |
10 July 2020 Updated |
Telework - Increasing the number of Public Administration workers in teleworking
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
06 April 2020 Updated |
Telework - exceptional and temporary measure in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
18 January 2021 Updated |
New measures addressed to businesses and employment
Access to finance |
17 January 2021 |
Extraordinary process of businesses bailout
Rescue procedures in case of insolvency or adaptation of insolvency regulation |
07 April 2020 |
Temporary exemption of payment of social security contributions due by employers - Exceptional and temporary measure to protect jobs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
19 January 2021 Updated |
Financial support line for micro and small tourist companies
Access to finance |
19 October 2021 |
Companies Capitalisation Fund
Access to finance |
20 October 2021 |
Subsidies for companies in the Adapt Tourism Program
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
17 January 2021 |
Measures to support businesses cash-flow
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Exceptional and temporary regime for compliance with fiscal obligations and social contributions
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
02 October 2020 Updated |
Fiscal support measures to micro, small and medium businesses
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
15 October 2020 Updated |
Exemption and partial remission of social security contributions for companies with temporary reduction of the normal period of working time
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 April 2020 |
Credit Line Capitalizar 2018 – COVID-19
Access to finance |
01 June 2022 |
Production Support Line: Credit for enterprises affected by inflation
Access to finance |
Employment protection and retention |
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05 July 2020 |
Support to employers in keeping the workplaces
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
01 December 2020 Updated |
Kurzarbeit: New short working time adopted
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Indemnity for technical unemployment
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
04 November 2020 |
Benefits for employees
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
03 November 2020 |
Technical unemployment benefit in case of epidemiological investigation
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
03 November 2020 |
Temporary substantial salary increases for public health staff in the pandemic conditions
Wage flexibility |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Allowance for self-employed and non-standard workers
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
04 November 2020 |
New regulations regarding the medical leave and indemnity for quarantined or isolated employees
Paid sick leave |
05 July 2020 |
Income support for returning Romanian migrant workers, youth and elderly
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Free paid days to parents for the purpose of childcare
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
22 April 2020 |
Extended right to medical leave and allowances for quarantine leave
Paid sick leave |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
20 May 2022 |
Access to education for people from Ukraine
Access to childcare and education |
20 May 2022 |
Energy prices capping: Temporary benefits for consumers
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
11 May 2022 |
Food vouchers for vulnerable citizens
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
20 May 2022 |
Access to social services for vulnerable refugees from Ukraine
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
10 July 2020 Updated |
Hot meal vouchers for elderly
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
16 May 2022 |
Accommodation and meals for people from Ukraine
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
11 October 2021 |
Training and employment for youth and people with a guaranteed minimum income
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
06 July 2021 |
Flexibilisation of labour relations for small companies
Flexibilisation and security |
06 July 2021 |
Measures for simplifying conduct of teleworking
Flexibilisation and security |
05 November 2020 |
Green energy for accommodation & food businesses
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
13 May 2022 |
Employment rights for persons arriving from the armed conflict areas of Ukraine
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
05 November 2020 |
Digital training of SMEs employees
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
01 December 2020 |
Subsidies for hiring employees on fixed-term contracts
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
14 November 2020 |
Staggered work schedule for companies who can't apply telework
Changes in work organisation |
11 January 2021 |
Financial support for teleworkers
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
05 November 2020 |
State aid schemes for agriculture
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 November 2020 |
Granting state aid for civil aviation
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 July 2020 Updated |
Specific tax relief for companies affected by COVID-19
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 November 2020 |
SMEs leasing program for equipment and machinery
Access to finance |
11 October 2021 Updated |
Grant for working capital for SMEs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 October 2021 Updated |
Microgrant with fixed amount for SMEs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
11 April 2021 Updated |
Fiscal amnesty for interest and tax penalties
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
05 July 2020 |
Deferment of payment for utilities and rent for SMEs
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
05 July 2020 |
Facilities for payment of rent
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
05 July 2020 Updated |
Facilities granted for payment of the building tax or building charge
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
11 April 2021 Updated |
Financial support for small and medium size companies - IMM invest
Access to finance |
14 January 2021 Updated |
State aid scheme for HORECA sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
14 January 2021 Updated |
Payment deferrals of the principal fiscal obligations
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
14 January 2021 |
Direct grants scheme to support wine producers
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary suspension of payment obligations for loans
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
13 April 2020 Updated |
Secured loans for investments or working capital for companies
Access to finance |
13 November 2020 |
Support for employers - teleworking
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
04 November 2020 |
Tax reductions for businesses
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
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