Covid-19, Financial Services, Latvia, Markets and Companies

According to the amendments, benefits will be paid to self-employed persons who receive additional income from creative and teaching jobs that does not exceed the minimum monthly wage.

Also, benefits will be paid to those self-employed persons who are employers. "As the tax regime of individual merchants and micro enterprise tax payer allows a possibility to employ persons, the current restrictions discriminate these business representatives," the ministry said.

The work group also agreed to re-define the persons affected by the crisis.