How does NOT being Vaccinated impact Working Life?
PART OF THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN FORBES MAGAZINE
15th October 2021
Kyrie Irving is paid pretty well to play basketball. His contract with the Brooklyn Nets calls for him to make $34.9 million in salary this season, and his celebrity status brings in another $15 million off the court from memorabilia, licensing and endorsement deals with brands like Nike and Panini.
This year, though, he’s made a conscious decision to give up a good chunk of that compensation.
“The financial consequences, I know I do not want to even do that, but it is reality that in order to be in New York City, in order to be on a team, I have to be vaccinated,” the 29-year-old All-Star point guard said Wednesday night on Instagram Live as he ended weeks of speculation about his Covid-19 vaccination status, which had been one of the sport’s worst-kept secrets. “I chose to be unvaccinated, and that was my choice, and I would ask you all to just respect that choice.”
What kind of Learning Suits You? Results of Our Survey show.......
Since the onset of the Pandemic in March 2020, evidence shows that initially the requirement to use digital methods to train and teach would feature long term across many industries, yet 18 months on the consensus is that blended learning of the new style of “hybrid learning” is the preferred option.
Blended learning focuses solely on incorporating distance learning with traditional instruction, in this case, face-to-face training or teaching,, whilst “Hybrid Learning” focuses more on implementing any kind of learning technique to better train or teach content, regardless of whether delivery is online of face- to-face.
Why Stay Online?
The demand for online training h=and learning has increased dramatically as the restrictions relating to covid remained in place. Daily webinars - a diluted version of a more structured training session, eliminated the risk of delegates mixing necessarily and provided a much more relaxed approach to learning. In effect, it made perfect sense to reduce travel time and cost for both trainers and learners.
Key Notices revert back to Pre-Pandemic Rules
A fifth change to key notices is introduced today.Both the Form 6a (Section 21) and the Form 3 (Section 8)0(0%) are prescribed forms therefore landlords must ensure they use the correct version before service. Remember to ensure that all the relevant documents which relate to the Deregulation Act 2019 and Tenancy Deposit Protection are in place to ensure that the Section 21 (Form 6A) when served, is valid, and that there are no breaches of the Tenant Fees Act 2019. With regards to the Section 8 (Form 3), the “Breathing Space” moratorium still applies. Any tenant who has been granted breathing space will have the relevant documents in place
How Virtual Do We Want Our Future to Be?
This article appears in the Zoom Newsletter - September 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the lives and behavior of people across the globe. We have had to adapt to different ways of shopping, learning, socializing, working, celebrating, doing business, and much more.
This report, prepared and commissioned by Zoom, based on survey data and findings provided by Qualtrics Research, focuses on the impact that video communications have had on our day-to-day lives. We explored a variety of use cases for video communications and how they were used and perceived in ten different countries that spanned the globe. The survey results acknowledge the extraordinary challenges the world has faced and how video communications have helped maintain some semblance of normalcy and continuity of life’s important activities.
Although there’s been a high level of appreciation for this alternative to “in-person” living, over one year into this shift, we’re now wondering - what’s next? How much of this virtual life will we want to keep beyond the pandemic?
This report seeks to capture the current sentiment toward video communications from the perspective of everyday folks - employees, parents, students, teachers, consumers, and everyone in between.