by Wendy Macphail | Apr 1, 2020 | Accord News, Employment Law, Human Resources
The Wage Subsidy Scheme – Latest Update for Employers Significant changes to the Wage Subsidy Scheme (“the Scheme”) were announced on 27 and 28 March 2020 relevant to any employer that has not yet applied for wage subsidy relief. The new rules to the Scheme...
by Wendy Macphail | Mar 26, 2020 | Accord News, Employment Law, Human Resources
National State of Emergency – Impact on Business / Mortgage Relief The declaration of a State of National Emergency on 25th March will impact on employers.The Civil Defence Emergency Management Act (CDEMA) sets out the powers that may be exercised following the...
by Wendy Macphail | Mar 25, 2020 | Accord News, Employment Law, Human Resources
“It will not be life as normal, it will be different” On 23 March 2020 the Government announced that the COVID-19 alert level was to rise immediately to Level 3 and then rise to Level 4 on Wednesday 25 March 2020, for four weeks. The Treasury has also...
by Wendy Macphail | Apr 11, 2017 | Accord News, Book Reviews, Human Resources, Positive Pyschology
Compassion may be defined as recognising that others are suffering and committing to help them. Researchers believe that we evolved to be compassionate because it helped us survive. Groups who were most altruistic and compassionate appeared stronger and kept each...
by Wendy Macphail | Mar 7, 2017 | Accord News, Human Resources, Positive Pyschology
“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die”. If you are holding on to a grudge at work, you are likely to be placing your health at risk, decreasing your productivity, increasing your stress and increasing the amount of negative emotions...
by Wendy Macphail | Feb 1, 2017 | Book Reviews, Employment Law, Human Resources, Positive Pyschology
Thirty percent of our lives will be spent working. Why not make this thirty percent work for us? We all have choices. What we put into something is what we get out of it. What we focus on, is what we will create. Simple as that. What is the down side of using time at...
