The ESP is a package designed specifically to assist people who have lost their jobs as a result to the COVID -19 pandemic.
Employees of companies that were affected and qualified for assistance each received a total of 30,000Vt monthly beginning March to July 2020.
At the end of August, about 340 companies from all over Vanuatu benefited from the Employment Stabilization Payment.
To date over 6,000 employees have received at least a payment.
Majority of companies that have benefited from the package are from the Tourism sector.
