The number of people who will receive 1,200 GEL in state support due to having experienced a loss of income during the coronavirus pandemic has increased, says the Revenue Service.
People who have been on unpaid leave after May 2020 will receive 1,200 GEL (about $394.9/€352.5) over the course of six months. Before that people could receive this support only if they had received salary in at least one of the first three months of 2020 and they did not receive a salary afterwards.
Moreover, people who were working during one of the three following months in July-December 2019 and have not received salary until July 2020 will also benefit from state support.
Employers should provide information about employees by June 23. However, information about employees will be renewed automatically in the coming months.
The Georgian government presented a coronavirus anti-crisis plan on April 24 in which it announced support for people who lost their jobs amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Based on the plan, people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus crisis or are on unpaid leave will receive 1,200 GEL over the course of six months, which is 200 GEL per month. This assistance will apply to 350,000 citizens of Georgia. A total of 460 million GEL ($151.39 mln/€135.14 mln) has been allocated from the budget.