Total amounts of support this month are 216 million euros. There are 38 465, in a universe of 95 thousand who have submitted requests so far, over the next few days, companies that will receive transfers from Social Security to support the great part of the salaries of workers with suspended contracts or reduced hours after joining the lay mechanism. simplified -off created by the government to deal with the pandemic.
The number was advanced this Tuesday by the Minister of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security, Ana Mendes Godinho, at a press conference to assess the extraordinary support measures created since March, which also include salary support for families due to the closure schools, quarantine casualties and income support for self-employed workers who lost activity.
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