Benefits Think Tip of the Day: Revisit, revise your disaster preparedness/response plan

Published May 1, 2009 1:00 PM EDT Updated May 1, 2009 3:54 PM EDT 1 Min Read

In light of the swine flu outbreak, it’s a good idea for employers to review and perhaps update their disaster preparedness/response plans to specifically address what individual employees and your company as a whole will do in case of a pandemic.

I recently spoke with Aon Consulting’s Ken Groh, who shared his advice for how HR/benefits pros — generally the lead authors on such plans — should shape/reshape their policies should the number and severity of swine flu cases worsen. Click here to download the podcast, and here to download Aon’s resources and news updates on swine flu.

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