Friday, August 27, 2021
The sudden and unexpected arrival of the new child tax credit has thrown the future of the traditional welfare program into question. The two share the same goals: eliminating child poverty and many of its miserable consequences. They offer much the...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
This week, the Department of Social Protection issued weekly payments valued at €44.2 million to 149,436 people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP). The greatest reduction this week is in the Accommodation and Food Services sector. The...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the U.S. economy into a nosedive of unprecedented rapidity. Millions of workers have lost their jobs and are unable to work from home. GDP is plummeting, small business owners cannot meet their rent and other...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Parents who claim a lack of child care during the summer can no longer qualify for pandemic unemployment benefits. The U.S. Department of Labor announced new guidance on qualification for pandemic unemployment benefits.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The relative number of basic social assistance recipients is almost twice as high in Finland than in Sweden, reveals a study by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
THL on Tuesday reported that the difference is attributable to factors...
Monday, January 18, 2021
The Wage Subsidy Programme 3.0 under the Social Security Organisation (Socso) will be improved, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Monday, January 11, 2021
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There is little doubt that the magnitude of the social protection response to COVID-19 is of historical...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this Op-Ed post belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org.
The pandemic has highlighted the fragility of social protection, especially in the developing world. A...
Friday, April 24, 2020
Articulo sobre el retiro del Fondo de Compensación Laboral em medio a la crisis del Covid-19 y luego de la aprobación del acceso al fondo para los trabajadores con contratos labores suspendidos y/o con jornadas de trabajo y salario reduzicos.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
This newsletter: There is so much going on in this space; here’s a newsletter to help you keep on top of what’s what in the social protection and humanitarian cash space in the time of COVID.