It came as quite a surprise to hear that the Conservatives, in their election campaign promises, that working remotely is a new reality for many public servants as we carry on work during the COVID-19 pandemic, I wonder how much, if any thoughts about the legal implications of such a strategy.
While it offers some advantages and flexibilities, many of us are continuing to adjust to these new circumstances that are impacting our work and home life. Continue reading
If you want to avoid contracting and dying from Covid-19, it makes sense for you to move your body from wherever you are to a place where deaths per 100,000 population is low. There are a lot of countries to choose from, since you are probably okay if you do not reside in one of the twenty countries with the highest deaths per 100,000 population. Unfortunately for me, I live in one of those twenty countries, the United States of America. As the chart included with this article shows, Continue reading
As fashion brands and retailers across the world return to profitability, following what has been an immensely difficult period of international store closures due to plummeting demand for fashion, for those making the world’s clothing, the story is far from over.
According to a new report by the Clean Clothes Campaign, Asian garment workers are owed almost 12 billion dollars in unpaid wages and severance in the first year of the pandemic. Continue reading
We have all encountered people, perhaps our grandparents, who now have trouble remembering things that they could instantly recall when they were younger. What happened to those missing memories? Why are they so hard for an older person to recall? Those memories used to be present in the brain and easily accessible. What has changed? Continue reading
While 2021 is already seven months old, Dr. Bill Pomfret asks the question: “has your organisation taken the time to look back on 2020 and re-evaluate how prepared it was to support its employees and customers”, while continuing to deliver critical services and products during the turbulent times that the COVID-19 pandemic brought on?
2020 was a tough year, to say the least. It certainly was the year where many organisations were forced to throw out their “business as usual” risk management playbooks to simply survive in a weakened economy. Many business leaders were forced to reflect just how effective and adaptable their organisation was when it came to their technology, innovation, acclimation to the changing workforce needs and a disruptive supply chain when disaster struck. Continue reading