Mapleton Chamber of Commerce

It's October! What is your favourite part? The colours? The flavours? The holidays?

Are you a tourism business? The Wellington County Pay-to-play Directional Tourism Signage programme intake is open. Deadline to apply is November 30. Eligibility, application, and additional information available at www.wellington.ca/signage

The fastest path to digital transformation https://www.salesforce.com/events-master/industries-summit/ Sep 30, 10-11am (Pacific Time)

#FunFactFriday (We might have just made this up?) More than 300 billion emails are sent every day. That’s about 3.5 million emails per second. How many do you think are spam???

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There's still time to register for this afternoons SheLeads talk. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/she-leads-ontario-prospers-over

What do you know about the alcohol escalator tax? The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is asking the government to put a hold on it for the time being. https://www.freezethealcoholtax.ca/

Our Newest "Hardware". As a member of our Chamber, you're also a member of the provincial and Canadian Chamber too! That is a lot of resources and knowledge at your disposal!

This short three-minute survey on business confidence, pandemic recovery, government support programs and other timely issues is your opportunity to have your voices heard on the issues that matter most. https://www.research.net/r/2020_Wave1_OCC

Save the Date, October 9!

Looking for dinner tonight?

Need help making a plan? Free Training! https://wtctoronto.com/scaleup/rap/

Have a minute to answer a few questions on Strategic Agility and Resilience for SMEs in Ontario. "To help our SMEs during this time, I want to better understand not only how businesses can adapt but how they can adapt with speed." Ayesha Zubair (MDes 2020) Graduate Student in the Strategic Foresight and Innovation Design program at OCAD University. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/agileandresilientSMEs

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#SocialMediaSaturday Need an easy way to have your social media posts seen by more people? Tag us in it! By typing @ MapletonChamberofCommerce (with no space between the @ and Mapleton) This way all our followers will see your post too!

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government made a regulation that changed certain Employment Standards Act (ESA) rules during the COVID-19 period. This regulation has been amended, extending the COVID-19 period to January 2, 2021. During the COVID-19 period (March 1, 2020 to January 2, 2021): -A non-unionized employee whose employer has temporarily reduced or eliminated their hours of work for reasons related to COVID-19 is deemed to be on a job-protected ...Infectious Disease Emergency Leave, -A non-unionized employee is not considered to be laid off under the ESA if their employer temporarily reduces or eliminates their hours of work or wages for reasons related to COVID-19, and -A non-unionized employee is not considered to be constructively dismissed under the ESA if their employer temporarily reduces or eliminates their hours of work or wages for reasons related to COVID-19. Beginning on January 3, 2021: -Employees will no longer be deemed to be on Infectious Disease Emergency Leave. -The ESA’s regular rules around constructive dismissal resume. This means a significant reduction or elimination of an employee’s hours of work or wages may constitute a constructive dismissal, even if it was done for reasons related to COVID-19. -The ESA’s regular rules around temporary layoff resume. For practical purposes, an employee’s temporary layoff clock resets on January 3, 2021.

What are you looking forward to most in September?

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce got a new website. You can check it out www.chamber.ca

Do you need $5,000 to buy PPE, renovate your business (for COVID), or update your e-commerce? Members of the Mapleton Chamber of Commerce got an email this morning with details. Want the email? Send us a message and we will get you connected.