Is Your Company Prepared For A Pandemic

If a pandemic were to strike, the biggest impact would likely be on staffing. While some employees could be ill, others might be too frightened to come to work and many might have to stay home to care for affected children or other family members. Experts suggest that businesses should anticipate absences of up to 50% of their staff for about two weeks at the height of a severe pandemic, and lower levels of absences for a few weeks on either side of the outbreak’s peak.

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