10-billion-euro emergency aid requested by the businesses, and the self-employed

for Employers and the self-employed and have, so far, to 9.9 billion euros of financial support requested, because of the corona disease outbreak. It reports to the ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) on Thursday.

The self-employed regime (Tozo) and flexible workforce (Tofa), and the NOW-ruling, which is to ensure that employers, as much as possible, the staff in the service. Employers receive up to a maximum of 90 per cent of the salary costs will be reimbursed.

In the first three months of the NOW-ruling by force, to have 148,000 of the companies, a request was made. More than 90 per cent of it is allocated.

in Particular, companies in the retail, hospitality, food services and other commercial services, the applications have been submitted. Two-thirds of the share NOW, applications were from companies with fewer than ten employees. According to the ministry, NOW an emergency fund for a total of 2.6 million employees have been reached.

now, On the Tozo-a scheme, providing financial support to self-employed persons, it is estimated that by 374.000 entrepreneurs to rely on. Thus, the two schemes, support has been given to nearly three million people.

in the Meantime, it is a new treatment for the self employed
in the Meantime, it is the extension of the Tozo-treatment. There are, according to the ministry, and now some 74,000 self-employed workers, an appeal is made), of whom 90 per cent in the first period and relied on in this case.

Last month, it is also a flexible labour force, a scheme set-up. They were between a rock and a ship is about to fall. If the corona is hardly the revenues were, they were not entitled to social security benefits.

Benefit employee insurance agency (UWV now has nearly 17,000 requests for this were received, of which 7, 500 for its approval. More than 9,000 applications have been rejected due to the flexible labour force does not meet the income requirement.