the h1n1 flu pandemic is obviously a
health concern but it is also a concern
in terms of business continuity when
employees are calling in sick hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the issue of
contingency planning for absenteeism due
to swine flu why is the h1n1 strain
causing so much concern it’s hard not to
notice the h1n1 issue because it’s out
there in the news it’s been talked about
ever since it made its first appearance
in Mexico and for many people the word
pandemic is an association with some
disasters of the past including the new
blahnik play Black Plague all a pandemic
is is a disease of an unusual nature
that has spread to a wide region based
on your research are you able to predict
how it will spread based on what we know
from the past we do know that the
influenza virus of all types is fairly
infectious so it does pass from person
to person quite quickly you mentioned
that flus generally come in three waves
in this particular case the first wave
would have been one that occurred in the
spring started in Mexico and spread
somewhat it tended to slow down through
the summer but continued to seed itself
into various communities as we’re
starting to see a slow increase of h1n1
cases and a spread through North America
we’re now in what we would call the
second wave can you give any specific
recommendations to businesses in terms
of preparing for absenteeism what’s
important from a business continuity
perspective is whether people are able
to work or not so contingency planning
is all about putting in place backups
and the necessary plans to deal with
possible absences being able to shift
employees around if needed to to fill in
for essential services best advice we
can give and maybe it’s the toughest to
swallow is for people who have flu-like
symptoms
and that’s going to take a bit of a
culture shift because there is a
tendency for people to feel that their
work will not survive without them and
that they absolutely have to come into
work well that would be doing a
disservice to the employer if they end
up coming into work and making other
people sick so we’re trying to persuade
people that it’s really important to
stay home if you have to like symptoms
you’re not being a hero and you’re not
helping us by coming in
health concern but it is also a concern
in terms of business continuity when
employees are calling in sick hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the issue of
contingency planning for absenteeism due
to swine flu why is the h1n1 strain
causing so much concern it’s hard not to
notice the h1n1 issue because it’s out
there in the news it’s been talked about
ever since it made its first appearance
in Mexico and for many people the word
pandemic is an association with some
disasters of the past including the new
blahnik play Black Plague all a pandemic
is is a disease of an unusual nature
that has spread to a wide region based
on your research are you able to predict
how it will spread based on what we know
from the past we do know that the
influenza virus of all types is fairly
infectious so it does pass from person
to person quite quickly you mentioned
that flus generally come in three waves
in this particular case the first wave
would have been one that occurred in the
spring started in Mexico and spread
somewhat it tended to slow down through
the summer but continued to seed itself
into various communities as we’re
starting to see a slow increase of h1n1
cases and a spread through North America
we’re now in what we would call the
second wave can you give any specific
recommendations to businesses in terms
of preparing for absenteeism what’s
important from a business continuity
perspective is whether people are able
to work or not so contingency planning
is all about putting in place backups
and the necessary plans to deal with
possible absences being able to shift
employees around if needed to to fill in
for essential services best advice we
can give and maybe it’s the toughest to
swallow is for people who have flu-like
symptoms
and that’s going to take a bit of a
culture shift because there is a
tendency for people to feel that their
work will not survive without them and
that they absolutely have to come into
work well that would be doing a
disservice to the employer if they end
up coming into work and making other
people sick so we’re trying to persuade
people that it’s really important to
stay home if you have to like symptoms
you’re not being a hero and you’re not
helping us by coming in
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