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
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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23 June 2022 Updated |
Go international!
Promoting future company growth |
23 June 2022 |
Qualification barometer
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Food helpers online platform
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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14 September 2022 |
Digi-Cheque for upskilling apprentices
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
23 June 2022 Updated |
OPE Benefit
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
04 November 2020 |
Employers organisation provides consulting services for SMEs to restart their business
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
14 May 2020 |
City of Vienna issues gastronomy vouchers for every household
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
23 June 2022 Updated |
Support Energy Management Systems
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
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23 June 2022 Updated |
SME Digital 3.1
Changes in work organisation |
11 July 2022 |
Subsidy for homeoffice - IT infrastructure
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
16 April 2020 |
Subsidy for home offices - IT infrastructure
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
25 April 2020 |
SME subsidy for teleworking: Region of Styria and Chamber of Labour
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Reorientation of business activities |
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23 June 2022 |
fit4internet
Matching/networking |
23 June 2022 Updated |
i2 - Business Angels
Change of production/innovation |
23 June 2022 |
Succession bourse
Matching/networking |
23 June 2022 |
Impact Innovation
Change of production/innovation |
04 November 2022 |
Green Finance Alliance
Change of production/innovation |
31 March 2020 |
OpenHotel platform for essential workers
Creation of platforms for businesses aimed at customer |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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05 October 2020 Updated |
Investment premium
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 October 2020 |
Guarantees for bank loans - Vienna
Access to finance |
23 June 2022 |
Promotion of raw material management
Access to finance |
05 October 2020 Updated |
'Proud of Vienna' Holding: providing equity capital to affected companies with the help of a temporary investment
Access to finance |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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23 May 2022 |
Public employment service information support measures for Ukrainian refugees
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
26 October 2020 |
Care jobs for temporary unemployed
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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09 September 2022 |
Mortgage loan deferral for people in financial distress
Preventing over-indebtedness |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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03 January 2022 |
Welfare fund
Access to finance |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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18 May 2022 |
Job Dashboard and recruitment events for citizens of Ukraine
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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18 May 2022 |
Enrolment in kindergarten or school for Ukrainian children
Access to childcare and education |
18 May 2022 |
Integrated Information Portal for Ukraine
Other humanitarian measures |
25 November 2020 Updated |
United against COVID-19: Campaign to fund projects for vulnerable people
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
25 January 2021 Updated |
"Hot lunch" program for people in need
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
12 January 2022 |
Helpline for teachers and students
Access to healthcare |
12 January 2022 |
Together Again National Program
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
16 May 2022 Updated |
Assistance for accommodation and food for persons from Ukraine
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
18 November 2020 |
COVID-19: You are not alone (CITUB)
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
30 May 2022 |
Trade union opens temporary reception centres for refugees from Ukraine
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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18 August 2022 |
State aid for discount of 25 cents per litrе of fuel
Responses to inflation |
Reorientation of business activities |
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09 November 2022 |
Export Hub Bulgaria
Matching/networking |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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06 January 2021 Updated |
Capital support for SMEs - Second Phase
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
04 January 2022 |
Liquidity support for restaurateurs and hoteliers
Access to finance |
13 January 2022 |
Grant aid to bus carriers
Access to finance |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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21 April 2022 |
Access to higher education for Ukrainian students and to employment for teachers and scientists
Access to childcare and education |
11 April 2022 |
'Croatia for Ukraine' - Website with relevant information for Ukrainian refugees
Other humanitarian measures |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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23 August 2022 |
Grants for digitalization
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
08 August 2022 Updated |
Free Croatian language courses for Ukrainian refugees
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
24 August 2022 |
Grant for revitalization, construction, digitalization and modernization of the Croatian transmission power grid
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Reorientation of business activities |
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14 August 2022 |
New green touristic offers: Another Side of Zagreb
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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07 April 2020 Updated |
Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts suspends company fees for the second trimester 2020
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
27 August 2022 |
Transition to energy and resource efficiency
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
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01 July 2020 |
Emergency support allowance for artists
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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19 May 2022 |
Temporary accommodation of refugees from Ukraine in hotels and organized apartments
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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30 November 2020 |
Special training scheme for employees in sectors affected by the pandemic
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
08 September 2020 |
Special vocational and educational schemes and subsidy of wage costs
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
17 June 2020 |
Cyprus to pay holiday costs of infected tourists
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
01 July 2020 Updated |
Incentives scheme for airline companies
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
30 November 2020 |
Special vocational educational scheme for the unemployed in public and broader public sector and NGOs
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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04 January 2021 |
Tax reduction scheme of the Union of Cyprus Municipalities
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
07 July 2021 |
Temporary support for farmers and SMEs affected by the pandemic
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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25 April 2022 |
Jobs4UA.cz: A platform for Ukrainian jobseekers
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
23 June 2022 |
The Moravian-Silesian Employment Pact (MSEP)
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
23 June 2022 Updated |
Energy Loan
Promoting future company growth |
23 June 2022 |
BusinessInfo.cz – web portal for Czech businesses
Promoting future company growth |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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06 September 2022 |
Extraordinary subsidy to support families from Ukraine
Access to childcare and education |
11 May 2022 |
Our Ukrainians website: nasiukrajinci.cz
Other humanitarian measures |
Reorientation of business activities |
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12 April 2020 |
Country for the Future - Innovation to practice (COVID) - Digitalisation and innovations
Change of production/innovation |
08 April 2020 Updated |
Czech Rise Up Programme 1.0 and 2.0 – Smart solutions to combat COVID-19
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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13 April 2021 |
COVID – SPORT III Ski resorts
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
04 May 2022 |
Crisis advice for Czech companies exporting products to Ukraine and Russia
Foreign trade related measures |
13 April 2021 Updated |
COVID - SPORT Guarantee program
Access to finance |
07 November 2020 |
Employers' campaign for 'window day' in support of restaurants
Other |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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23 June 2022 |
Early Warning
Promoting future company growth |
17 May 2022 |
JobguideUkraine.dk helps Ukrainian refugees find employment
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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12 October 2021 |
Aarhus municipality establishes new initiatives with the goal of alleviating unemployment among young academics
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
05 October 2020 |
One-time payment for welfare beneficiaries
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
02 December 2020 Updated |
Social partners call on the government to pay out frozen holiday pay
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
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30 November 2020 |
Guidance from the unions to the members about COVID-19 related issues
Other |
Reorientation of business activities |
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23 June 2022 |
Guide to growth
Other |
16 December 2020 |
The state and Danish industry establish cooperation on companies' reorganisation to production of protective equipment
Change of production/innovation |
23 June 2022 |
Industrial researchers
Matching/networking |
23 June 2022 Updated |
Competence Development Funds
Transfer or redeployment of workers |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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17 May 2022 |
Job portal for Ukrainian refugees
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
08 April 2020 |
Temporary job offers portal
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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17 May 2022 |
Financial support for refugees for moving to long-term accommodation
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
14 September 2022 |
Camp support measure for the integration of Ukrainian and Estonian children
Access to childcare and education |
17 May 2022 |
New portals to provide long-term accommodation for Ukrainian refugees
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
18 May 2022 |
One-time payment to support Ukrainian refugee children starting school
Access to childcare and education |
15 September 2022 |
Freedom School opened for Ukrainian pupils in Estonia
Access to childcare and education |
18 May 2022 |
Free public transport for Ukrainian refugees
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
18 May 2022 Updated |
Psychological assistance for Ukrainian refugees
Other humanitarian measures |
18 May 2022 |
Group counselling on various subjects for Ukrainian refugees
Other humanitarian measures |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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15 September 2022 |
Emergency support for farmers affected by input prices and trade restrictions
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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20 December 2021 |
Social partners expect European Care Strategy to address workforce needs
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
22 December 2021 |
Plan to boost social economy after COVID-19
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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20 May 2022 |
Mental health support for refugees from Ukraine
Access to healthcare |
19 May 2022 |
European trade unions' reaction on Russian invasion of Ukraine
Other humanitarian measures |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
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10 September 2021 |
The new EU OSH Strategy draws lessons from the current pandemic
Occupational health and safety |
10 September 2021 |
ELA campaign: to create safe working conditions for seasonal workers
Occupational health and safety |
11 September 2021 |
Trade unions call for equal and free access to vaccines (also outside the EU)
Occupational health and safety |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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20 May 2022 |
European universities show solidarity with Ukrainian partners
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
17 September 2022 |
European rail transport threatened by soaring electricity prices
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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20 May 2022 |
Identifying Finnish companies to employ refugees
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
23 June 2022 |
Team Finland - Services supporting the internationalisation of busi...
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
23 June 2022 |
Enterprise Finland
Promoting future company growth |
17 May 2022 |
Border guards and police to issue certificates that grant the right to work for persons applying for temporary protection
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
07 September 2020 |
Work from Finland-service: a matching platform for seasonal work
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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19 May 2022 |
Higher education opportunities for Ukrainians fleeing the war
Access to childcare and education |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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23 June 2022 Updated |
Talent Boost
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
13 September 2022 |
Temporary electricity allowance for low income households
Responses to inflation |
30 September 2022 |
Support package for families with children
Responses to inflation |
05 September 2022 |
Temporary reduction on value added tax on electricity
Responses to inflation |
13 December 2021 |
Walking beside – Support for youth employment
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
05 September 2022 |
Temporary tax deduction for high energy bills
Responses to inflation |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
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20 October 2020 |
Regional crisis support for employees affected by the COVID-19 crisis
Well-being of workers |
Reorientation of business activities |
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23 June 2022 Updated |
Business Finland
Change of production/innovation |
13 December 2021 |
Business Finland and Recovery and Resilience Facility funding
Change of production/innovation |
21 October 2020 |
Enter 2020 information campaign shares information on best practices at workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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20 May 2022 |
Package to secure supplies in the agricultural sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
05 January 2021 |
Direct subsidy for enterprises in primary production
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
30 June 2021 |
Grants for enterprises in the culture sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
30 June 2021 |
Event guarantee
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
08 April 2021 |
Grant for artists, professionals and solo-self employed in the culture and creative arts sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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16 October 2020 Updated |
Exceptional aid to support the employment of a disabled person on an apprenticeship contract or a professionalisation contract
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
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16 October 2020 Updated |
Exceptional support for the implementation of telework
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
15 October 2020 |
Exceptional support for training courses to support people with disabilities
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
16 October 2020 Updated |
Exceptional aid to cover the extra cost of specific prevention equipment
Occupational health and safety |
09 November 2020 |
Two practical handbooks for employers and employees on COVID-related OSH
Occupational health and safety |
15 October 2020 |
Exceptional travel support for disabled workers
Occupational health and safety |
Reorientation of business activities |
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11 July 2022 |
House for Business Creation and Transfer
Matching/networking |
23 June 2022 |
BNOA - National exchange for craft opportunities
Matching/networking |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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23 June 2022 |
Regional monitoring of structural developments
Promoting future company growth |
23 June 2022 |
IMK Economic Performance Indicator
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
15 September 2020 |
Chamber of industry sets up platform for employee sharing and exchange
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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17 May 2022 |
Access to integration and language courses
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
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15 September 2020 |
COVID-19 info-hotline for East European workers
Occupational health and safety |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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23 June 2022 |
Consulting on business knowledge
Access to finance |
14 September 2020 |
Employer information on COVID-19 help measures
Other |
23 June 2022 Updated |
Federal funding for energy advice for SMEs
Access to finance |
14 September 2020 |
Employers organisations FAQs on COVID-19
Other |
14 September 2020 |
Practical tool for companies to document business changes due to COVID-19
Access to finance |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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07 September 2022 |
Solar panel programme for residents
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
09 September 2022 |
Carpathian Emergency Response Fund for Ukrainians - NGO
Other humanitarian measures |
Employment protection and retention |
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23 May 2022 Updated |
Pilot basic income for the arts scheme aims to address earnings instability
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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23 June 2022 |
Plato Ireland
Promoting future company growth |
20 May 2022 |
Changes to employment arrangements will benefit 1,800 non-EEA doctors
Mobilisation of a larger workforce |
23 June 2022 Updated |
ManagementWorks
Promoting future company growth |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
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13 July 2021 Updated |
Agreement on terms of reference for report on move to Living Wage
Other |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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28 June 2022 |
Measures introduced to support Ukrainian refugees access education
Access to childcare and education |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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04 September 2020 Updated |
Apprenticeship incentivisation scheme
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
07 July 2020 Updated |
Grant for restarting small businesses introduced
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
12 April 2021 |
New Outdoor Dining Funding Scheme Launched
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
23 May 2022 |
Government launches €505 million cost of living package
Responses to inflation |
11 November 2020 |
July stimulus aims to assist businesses and people get back to work
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
13 July 2021 |
Economic Recovery Plan
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
14 October 2021 |
Funding package and supports for Tourism, Arts & Culture announced in Budget
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
13 July 2021 |
New Pathways to Work strategy as part of National Recovery Plan
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
13 January 2022 |
Additional funding announced to support live performance sector
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
14 January 2022 |
New annual grant for apprenticeship employers
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
19 May 2022 |
Gender-based funding for apprenticeships
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
12 October 2020 |
Government announces extra funds for carers and people with disabilities
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
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01 December 2020 |
Online mental health service launched for frontline workers
Well-being of workers |
07 October 2021 |
New policy on 'blended working' in the civil service published
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Reorientation of business activities |
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23 June 2022 |
Innovation voucher programme
Change of production/innovation |
11 July 2021 |
Funding for the digital transformation of tourism activities and attractions
Creation of platforms for businesses aimed at customer |
23 June 2022 |
Skillnet Ireland
Matching/networking |
23 June 2022 |
Going for Growth
Matching/networking |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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18 September 2020 |
New assistance fund to support microenterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
12 November 2020 Updated |
New scheme for business severely impacted by COVID-19 Level 5 restrictions
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
15 September 2022 |
New COVID-19 loan scheme for farming, fishing and food sectors launched
Access to finance |
28 August 2020 |
Pandemic stabilisation and recovery fund
Access to finance |
06 May 2020 |
Banks introduce measures to cushion effects of COVID-19
Access to finance |
28 October 2022 |
Access to Finance Hub
Access to finance |
28 August 2020 |
Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) issue new loan scheme
Access to finance |
24 July 2020 |
Enterprise Ireland/IDA Sustaining Enterprise Scheme
Access to finance |
11 July 2021 |
New climate fund for business adaptation
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 March 2021 |
€55 million scheme to support tourism businesses
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
18 February 2021 Updated |
COVID-19 Business Aid Scheme (CBAS) targets businesses ineligible for other supports
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
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15 April 2020 |
Agreement on the anticipation by banks of wage subsidies measures ex-COVID-19
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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24 September 2020 Updated |
New health and safety regulation for the schools
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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13 April 2020 Updated |
Urgent measures of food solidarity
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
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23 September 2020 Updated |
Agreement on health and safety at the workplace for public employees relating to the COVID-19 emergency
Changes in work organisation |
23 September 2020 Updated |
Protocol for the safety of workers in the audiovisual sector
Occupational health and safety |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
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27 October 2020 |
Creative workers employment program
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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27 November 2020 |
Volunteers platform "Easy to help-Stay at home"
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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23 November 2020 |
Social initiative "Let’s Overcome It Together"
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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20 May 2022 |
Food cards for Ukrainian refugees
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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11 October 2021 |
The Third Night project
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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03 November 2022 |
The State Aid Fund for Business
Access to finance |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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16 May 2022 |
Call for projects by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)
Other humanitarian measures |
19 May 2022 |
Reception of pupils from Ukraine in international state schools
Access to childcare and education |
19 May 2022 |
Emergency shelter for refugees
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
19 May 2022 Updated |
Provision of temporary accommodation for refugees from Ukraine
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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12 January 2022 |
New measures concerning re-employment contracts
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
12 January 2022 |
Measures on work placement
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Reorientation of business activities |
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05 January 2021 Updated |
Fit 4 Resilience Strategic Innovation Programm
Change of production/innovation |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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23 June 2022 |
Monthly surveys of employers
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
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02 April 2021 |
Parent Benefit 2021
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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12 August 2022 |
Ukraine Community Crisis Centre Malta
Other humanitarian measures |
11 August 2022 |
Provision of cancer treatment for Ukrainian refugees
Access to healthcare |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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25 February 2022 Updated |
Energy prices to remain frozen in 2022
Responses to inflation |
24 August 2020 Updated |
Employment grant to promote access to employment
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
03 September 2020 |
Research conducted by employer associations
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
23 September 2020 Updated |
Measures to support import and export
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
07 July 2020 |
Skills Development Scheme
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
29 April 2022 |
Distribution of one-time bonus and tax refund cheques
Responses to inflation |
07 July 2020 Updated |
Vouchers for use in businesses affected by COVID-19
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
06 October 2021 Updated |
Restart Schemes 2021 - Arts Council Malta
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
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05 October 2021 |
Mentrepreneurial (Ment+): supporting entrepreneurial mental health
Well-being of workers |
Reorientation of business activities |
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05 July 2021 Updated |
Restart Incentive Scheme 2021
Change of production/innovation |
05 July 2021 Updated |
Smart and Sustainable Investment Scheme 2021
Change of production/innovation |
23 September 2020 Updated |
Malta Enterprise administers business re-engineering consultancy
Change of production/innovation |
21 September 2020 Updated |
Modernisation of construction equipment
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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07 July 2020 Updated |
Electricity bill refund for companies availing of the wage-subsidy scheme
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
29 April 2022 Updated |
Subsidy for importers of cereals and flour
Foreign trade related measures |
02 April 2021 |
Support for bars forced to close during COVID-19
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 August 2022 |
Energy audits in small and medium sized enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
16 August 2022 |
Investment aid for energy efficiency projects in businesses
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Rent refund for companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
02 April 2021 |
Restaurants & Snack Bars Support Scheme
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
30 June 2021 Updated |
One-time grant for businesses forced to close in 2021
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
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05 May 2022 |
Refugeehelp.nl: A webpage for refugees and helpers
Other humanitarian measures |
02 October 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 protocol to ensure the safety of care transport
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
10 May 2022 |
More money for households to take energy-saving measures
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
05 May 2022 |
Setting up new accommodation for refugees from Ukraine in Dutch regions
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
10 May 2022 Updated |
Extra energy allowance for lower incomes
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
30 October 2020 Updated |
National Social Package: prevention of poverty and problematic household debt
Preventing over-indebtedness |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
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09 May 2022 Updated |
Tax reduction on energy bill and reduction of tax rate on electricity
Responses to inflation |
02 December 2020 |
Free coaching and advice from the Entrepreneurship Sounding Board Foundation
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
10 May 2022 |
Reduction in VAT on energy and excise duty on petrol and diesel
Responses to inflation |
13 July 2020 Updated |
The Netherlands keeps learning
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
30 October 2020 Updated |
National Social Package: re-education, re-skilling and development
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
30 October 2020 Updated |
National Social Package: stimulating youth employment
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
29 October 2020 Updated |
National Social Package: transition to new or different work
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
01 June 2021 Updated |
NL Keeps Learning: Training subsidy for the unemployed (NLLD - S)
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
01 June 2021 Updated |
NL Keeps Learning: subsidy for EVC procedures (NLLD – SMR)
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
07 October 2020 Updated |
Package of measures for culture and recreation
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Reorientation of business activities |
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02 December 2020 |
Labour matching and exchange: Snijder Project Support BV
Matching/networking |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
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13 July 2020 Updated |
Support to creative industries and the cultural sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
17 August 2020 Updated |
Extra subsidies to multi-annually subsidised production institutions
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
02 December 2021 |
Subsidy for fixed costs in agricultural and horticultural companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Start-up loans for the cultural sector
Access to finance |
02 December 2021 |
Corona Bridging Loan for start-ups and scale-ups
Access to finance |
02 December 2021 |
Voucher credit scheme for the tourism and vacation industry
Access to finance |
02 December 2021 |
Temporary regulation subsidy for events
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
02 December 2021 |
Bridging Loan for Starters and entrepreneurs
Access to finance |
02 December 2021 |
Growth Facility (GF): government guarantee on risk-bearing capital
Access to finance |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Extra subsidies to institutions in the cultural infrastructure
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Open monument loan
Access to finance |
11 May 2022 |
Contribution to fixed costs for new entrepreneurs (Q4 2021 and Q1 2022)
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
13 July 2020 Updated |
Subsidy for fixed costs for SMEs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
|
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23 June 2022 |
Altinn (Start and run business)
Promoting future company growth |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
|
13 May 2022 |
Unions' household insurance scheme to cover refugees
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
|
09 September 2020 |
Tripartite educational programmes for the laid off and the unemployed
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
|
18 December 2020 |
Unions and employers cry over migrant workers’ quarantine
Well-being of workers |
Reorientation of business activities |
|
23 June 2022 |
SIVA (The Industrial Development Corporation of Norway)
Change of production/innovation |
23 August 2022 |
Support for hydrogen projects in the maritime sector
Change of production/innovation |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
|
01 October 2020 |
Easing access to Innovation Norway's total framework
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
08 September 2020 |
Information on crisis packages: Measures for companies
Other |
06 April 2021 |
Allocation to existing schemes in the cultural sector
Access to finance |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
|
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23 June 2022 |
SME Academy
Promoting future company growth |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
|
13 September 2022 |
Regulation on vaccination of foreign nationals in the context of temporary protection
Access to healthcare |
12 September 2022 |
Portugal For Ukraine - Support platform
Other humanitarian measures |
31 May 2022 |
Registration and fostering of unaccompanied Ukrainian minors
Other humanitarian measures |
31 May 2022 |
Financial support for accommodation of Ukrainian refugees
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
31 May 2022 |
National Health Service: Healthcare for citizens from Ukraine
Access to healthcare |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
|
08 September 2020 |
ATIVAR.PT Labour market integration internships
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
07 September 2020 |
Incentive ATIVAR.PT - Financial incentives to hire registered unemployed
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
|
13 April 2020 |
Occupational health and safety in the public transportation service
Occupational health and safety |
13 April 2020 |
Psychological counselling line - SNS 24
Well-being of workers |
01 September 2020 |
COVID-19: 40 urgent measures for construction workers
Occupational health and safety |
02 October 2020 Updated |
Telework and workers with disability or impairment - exceptional and temporary measure
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Reorientation of business activities |
|
13 April 2020 |
Ten companies, mainly from moulds and plastics, from Marinha Grande and Leiria, produce goggles for free distribution
Change of production/innovation |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
|
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20 May 2022 |
Medical assistance for people from Ukraine
Access to healthcare |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
|
27 September 2020 |
Improving safety at the workplace
Well-being of workers |
27 September 2020 |
Measures for protecting the employees in the banking sector
Changes of working hours or work arrangements |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
|
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24 August 2020 |
COVID-19 and changes in the OSH legislation
Occupational health and safety |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
|
02 September 2020 |
COVID-19 FAQ - Guidelines for employers in the automotive sector
Other |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
|
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12 September 2022 |
Solarized Slovenia: developing solar power plants
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
|
10 September 2020 Updated |
Trade union initiative for a complete closure of shops on Sunday
Changes of working hours or work arrangements |
11 September 2020 |
Re-establishment of tripartite negotiation on the third and forth emergency laws
Other |
10 September 2020 |
Trade union proposal for a reform of occupational medicine
Occupational health and safety |
27 November 2020 |
Survey of companies about workers, infected in workplaces
Occupational health and safety |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Health and safety at work in the epidemic
Occupational health and safety |
Reorientation of business activities |
|
23 June 2022 |
Employers' Offices
Creation of platforms for businesses aimed at customer |
23 June 2022 |
Go International Slovenia
Matching/networking |
23 June 2022 |
StartupPlus
Change of production/innovation |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
|
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13 November 2020 |
Unemployment benefit and extension of protection to the cultural sector
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
|
13 November 2020 |
Aid for fishermen affected by the state of alarm
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
|
16 August 2021 |
Plan for the Economic and Social Reactivation of the Canary Islands
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
16 August 2021 |
Plan for Economic Recovery and Social Protection
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
06 October 2020 |
Subsidies for hiring people with disabilities in the open labour market of Castilla-La Mancha 2020/93
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
|
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09 September 2022 |
European Social Fund to help Ukrainian refugees find employment
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
16 September 2020 |
Trygghetsfonden - Competences for work
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
09 September 2022 |
Additional funding for language training program for refugees
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
16 January 2022 |
Governmental investments in green jobs
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
|
17 September 2020 |
Practical support for employers and employee representatives to ensure a healthy working life
Well-being of workers |
17 September 2020 |
Social partners-run insurance funds research on how COVID-19 affects the work environment, health and leadership
Well-being of workers |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
|
20 May 2022 Updated |
Financial support for agriculture and fisheries due to the war in Ukraine
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
20 May 2022 |
Financial support for agricultural (pigs, poultry, greenhouses) companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Employment protection and retention |
|
---|---|
03 October 2020 Updated |
The new Jobs Support Scheme
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
14 September 2020 |
Public sector union Unison launches COVID-19 hardship fund for members
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
|
15 September 2020 |
Trades Union Congress: Policy Recommendations for the post COVID-19 Economic and Social Recovery
Other |
08 July 2020 Updated |
The Kickstart Initiative and incentivising apprenticeships
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
14 September 2020 |
Confederation of British Industry issues business guidance
Other |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
|
15 September 2020 |
COVID-19 coronavirus guidance for unions
Well-being of workers |
14 September 2020 |
Teaching unions' coronavirus online information hubs
Well-being of workers |
Reorientation of business activities |
|
14 September 2020 |
Confederation of British Industries' online coronavirus hub
Other |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
|
09 July 2020 Updated |
The Bounce Back Loan Scheme
Access to finance |
11 January 2021 |
Businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure sectors to receive one-off lockdown grants
Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
09 July 2020 |
The Future Fund Scheme
Access to finance |
12 September 2022
Although the worldwide pandemic situation had already disrupted supply chains and triggered increases in energy and food prices in 2021, the situation deteriorated in 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Article12 September 2022
Policies to support EU companies affected by the war in Ukraine
This article summarises the first policy responses that governments across the EU have started to implement to support companies affected by the rising prices, and those with commercial ties to Ukraine, Russia or Belarus.
5 July 2022
This article summarises the first policy responses of EU Member States, including those of the social partners and other civil society actors, enabling refugees to exercise their rights under the Temporary Protection Directive.
Article16 June 2022
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