Businesses urged to prepare for "second wave" of swine flu
Commercial insurance
7th September 2009
Companies should ensure that they have adequate business continuity policies in place to ensure that they are prepared for a potential "second wave" of swine flu.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) have claimed that firms should plan for absence levels to rise by as much as 50 per cent for periods of two to four weeks this autumn and winter.
Joint guidance published by the organisations comes after a study by BCI indicated that 57 per cent of UK enterprises still have weak or no initiatives in place to cope with a severe outbreak of the H1N1 virus, insurance for business customers are advised.
CIPD senior public policy adviser Ben Wilmott remarked: "Success in managing through the flu pandemic will be dependent on the rigour of the planning that has gone on before the outbreak."
In related news, law firm Eversheds recently discovered that 72 per cent of companies have already experienced staff absences as a result of the pandemic.
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