If skyrocketing gasoline prices weren’t incentive enough, if the desire for a terrorist proof business continuity plan weren’t important, the next big motivation for teleworking is the fear of an Avian Flu pandemic…
From Investor’s Business Daily
The outbreak of an avian flu pandemic that experts say could come soon might cripple many businesses, bring travel and tourism to a standstill and cost the U.S. economy more than $100 billion in lost productivity.
Experts predict an influenza pandemic could kill 100,000 to a staggering 1.9 million Americans and could force 2 million more into hospitals. Schools would close. Shopping malls would become empty echo chambers, as would movie theaters, stadiums and restaurants. Leisure and business travel would plunge. Absenteeism could reach 25%.
The good news is that business planning for disasters has leaped forward since 9-11. The Securities Industries Association now holds an annual business continuity planning conference, with the next in two weeks. The event brings together the big finance companies and securities firms, insurers and stock market overseers.
The bad news is the conference has no plans for a flu pandemic panel. Most business continuity plans focus on the preservation of information and communication….
Businesses have plans that take into account significant loss of life and inaccessible staff.
Yet even amid a disaster some companies aren’t set up to let employees work from home.
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