The closure of businesses and offices and the cancellation and postponement of sporting and other events due to winter weather can lead to lost revenue and an overall decrease in productivity. Even if businesses remain open, they may lose revenue if customers are unable to travel due to poor road conditions or employees cannot get to the office. While a loss of power and heat automatically prevents most businesses and offices from operating, the most cited reason for closure of businesses and cancellation of events was poor driving conditions. Get some help in planning for and getting through winter weather disruptions.
Here’s a winter checklist you can use to help you minimize damage from winter hazards. (Item #1) Make sure you have your business continuity plan updated to cover winter hazards. (Item #2) Sick workers can affect your productivity and your profitability; take some steps to help keep your employees well. (Item #3)
Last month, Michigan’s governor declared Winter Hazards Awareness Week; you, too, can benefit from Michigan’s foresight. (Item #4) Ice and rain can cause winter accidents; make your workplace safer with the tips in this article. (Item #5) If you’re preparing a talk for employees on winter safety, this item might be helpful. (Item #6)
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Contingency Planning for Meetings and Events
When you’re planning your annual conference or other important meetings, make sure you don’t forget to plan on how you will deal with disruptions that might impact your event. The articles below may be helpful to you in creating your meeting continuity plans.
When planning your event, don’t forget your emergency action plan. (Item #1) Do you have a plan to deal with strikes? (Item #2) Regardless of the reason or the season, planners must be prepared and have a clear plan, which starts with your hotel contract negotiations. (Item #3)
See how the Learning Disabilities Association overcame a floor collapse and snowstorm to avoid canceling its annual meeting. (Item #4) The safety and security of attendees is your responsibility. Here’s how you can reduce risk. (Item #5) This risk assessment checklist can help you figure out where your risks may be. (Item #6)
As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns with regard to business continuity. If you have a topic you’d like to see covered, please email me.
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When planning your event, don’t forget your emergency action plan. (Item #1) Do you have a plan to deal with strikes? (Item #2) Regardless of the reason or the season, planners must be prepared and have a clear plan, which starts with your hotel contract negotiations. (Item #3)
See how the Learning Disabilities Association overcame a floor collapse and snowstorm to avoid canceling its annual meeting. (Item #4) The safety and security of attendees is your responsibility. Here’s how you can reduce risk. (Item #5) This risk assessment checklist can help you figure out where your risks may be. (Item #6)
As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns with regard to business continuity. If you have a topic you’d like to see covered, please email me.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
BCP Testing and Training
The reason we talk so often about testing your business continuity plans if because it’s so important. No matter how hard we work to write the plan, things change over time. People leave, job responsibilities evolve, and these can affect the plan. Take the advice in this week’s articles and begin to plan your testing now.
It’s not just what individuals know that matters in a crisis; you have to test the BC team’s crisis decision-making. (Item #1) It’s important to know the steps needed in testing your plan. (Item #2) This listing of objectives can be very helpful in planning your exercises. (Item #3)
Testing a business recovery plan is an important step to validate and check its content and approaches to ensure that plans are actionable before a possible real disruption. (Item #4) Involve your employees in testing and exercising your plans and get their input on it. (Item #5) For the general employee population, awareness of the business continuity plan is essential for on-going support and commitment. (Item #6)
As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns with regard to business continuity. If you have a topic you’d like to see covered, please email me.
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It’s not just what individuals know that matters in a crisis; you have to test the BC team’s crisis decision-making. (Item #1) It’s important to know the steps needed in testing your plan. (Item #2) This listing of objectives can be very helpful in planning your exercises. (Item #3)
Testing a business recovery plan is an important step to validate and check its content and approaches to ensure that plans are actionable before a possible real disruption. (Item #4) Involve your employees in testing and exercising your plans and get their input on it. (Item #5) For the general employee population, awareness of the business continuity plan is essential for on-going support and commitment. (Item #6)
As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns with regard to business continuity. If you have a topic you’d like to see covered, please email me.
Read it all at http://www.attainium.net/newsbriefs
Friday, November 12, 2010
Holiday Issues
Holidays give employers an opportunity to provide time off from work and employees get to spend extra time with family and friends. Holidays also present challenges for both employers and employees: which holidays to observe, how or if to pay for holiday leave, accommodating diversity and religious beliefs and practices, whether or how much bonus or gifts to give to employees, serving alcoholic beverages at company parties, and handling the holiday blues or depression that some employees experience. This week’s articles may help you with these issues.
Your business continuity could be compromised during the holidays, if you don’t make sure your plan can be implemented with people off on holiday breaks. (Item #1) Here’s a look at the legal issues and some cases addressing employer liability for alcohol-related incidents. (Item #2) If you’ve got questions, the expert has answers. (Item #3)
If you’re concerned about holiday party risks, here are some alternatives to the annual event. (Item #4) Here are some tips on how to avoid sexual harassment claims as a result of the holiday party. (Item #5) If your workplace is diverse, you should appreciate the help in this article. (Item #6)
As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns with regard to business continuity. If you have a topic you’d like to see covered, please email me.
This issue, as well as all of our back issues, are available at http://www.attainium.net/newsbriefs
Your business continuity could be compromised during the holidays, if you don’t make sure your plan can be implemented with people off on holiday breaks. (Item #1) Here’s a look at the legal issues and some cases addressing employer liability for alcohol-related incidents. (Item #2) If you’ve got questions, the expert has answers. (Item #3)
If you’re concerned about holiday party risks, here are some alternatives to the annual event. (Item #4) Here are some tips on how to avoid sexual harassment claims as a result of the holiday party. (Item #5) If your workplace is diverse, you should appreciate the help in this article. (Item #6)
As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns with regard to business continuity. If you have a topic you’d like to see covered, please email me.
This issue, as well as all of our back issues, are available at http://www.attainium.net/newsbriefs
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Emergency Supplies
Once again, it's time for our annual issue featuring suppliers of emergency supplies as well as the ready.gov checklist. This is a much requested edition of the NewsBriefs, and we hope you will find it useful. Please note, however, that the inclusion of a supplier in the newsletter is not an endorsement, but simply an acknowledgement that these providers have supplies available. If you're considering getting your emergency kits together, see what's offered here and also try looking for "emergency supplies" with your favorite search engine.
The ready.gov web site provides us with a checklist to guide us in creating emergency kits. (Item #1) This supplier provides a variety of goods and information that might be helpful to you as you put your kits together. (Item #2) Here you'll find items you need for your emergency kits, plus some suggestions for gifts to help make others safer. (Item #3)
This supplier specializes in complete 72-hour kits – enough supplies to last for 72 hours. (Item #4) Here's another supplier of all types of materials and kits to get you through a crisis. (Item #5) Don't forget water—here's all you need to know about preparing and storing it. (Item #6)
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The ready.gov web site provides us with a checklist to guide us in creating emergency kits. (Item #1) This supplier provides a variety of goods and information that might be helpful to you as you put your kits together. (Item #2) Here you'll find items you need for your emergency kits, plus some suggestions for gifts to help make others safer. (Item #3)
This supplier specializes in complete 72-hour kits – enough supplies to last for 72 hours. (Item #4) Here's another supplier of all types of materials and kits to get you through a crisis. (Item #5) Don't forget water—here's all you need to know about preparing and storing it. (Item #6)
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