A recent article in the Jamaica Gleaner is yet another look at how the impact of the economy on the workplace knows no borders:

"The number of people who are losing their jobs in these trying economic times is extremely troubling. Many of my patients are temporarily surviving on their redundancy package or with the help of others. In some family units, both income-earning parents were laid off.

"There are direct and indirect economic repercussions to all of this. The sudden loss of income is devastating to individuals and families and the job losses also affect the wider economy because of the resultant downturn in business activities everywhere. There are also direct and indirect psychological repercussions to job losses that will endure even when the economy eventually rebounds."

(Read the entire article.)