What types of planning should employers consider?
There is a checklist for business and industrial planning that can be used by businesses for protecting employees’ health and safety as well as limiting the negative impact to the economy and society. Businesses and industries need to identify their most essential operations, and the minimum number of staff needed to keep these operations running. Companies that provide critical infrastructure services, such as media, power and telecommunications, also have a special responsibility to plan for continued operation in a crisis and should plan accordingly. As with any catastrophe, having a contingency plan is essential. All businesses needs to plan for loss of people and expertise (cross-training for essential functions), and the loss of services from suppliers. Critical infrastructure companies /essential service providers should stockpile three days of food/water/other supplies. They should stockpile cleaning supplies – contract maintenance workers may not be available.
