Employers warned to review swine flu plans

Organisations should prepare for up to half of their workforce to be absent if a second wave of swine flu hits the UK, says the CIPD.

Joint guidance issued by the CIPD and Business Continuity Institute (BCI) advises employers to consolidate contingency plans, after research by the BCI found that over half (57 per cent) of them had no plans – or only weak ones – to deal with a swine flu pandemic.
 

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