What should a business include in a pandemic flu plan?
A flu response plan should do the following: • Provide a variety of measures to protect employees and ensure that business operations can continue. • Identify essential business functions and critical supply chains (e.g., raw materials, suppliers, sub-contractor services/products, and logistics) that are needed to keep your business running. Plan how your business will operate if a high number of employees must stay home or supply chains are interrupted. • Create policies for flexible sick leave, worksites (e.g., telecommuting), and work hours (e.g., staggered shifts) to promote social distancing if flu conditions become more severe. • If possible, develop plans for the IT infrastructure needed to support more teleworkers. • Consider changing business operations (e.g., possibly changing or closing operations in affected areas) and ways to transfer knowledge to key employees. • Set up triggers and procedures for starting and ending your pandemic flu response plan. Work closely with your
