Create a business continuity plan to protect your business and employees from pandemics
As pandemics spread, it is important now, more than ever, to have an actionable business continuity plan in place to help guide your employees and your business through the uncertainty of pandemics including the recent Coronavirus (COVID-2019). Gallagher provides robust risk management and wellbeing strategies that aid with the protection of both your business and your people.
Did you know?
70%
More than 70% of businesses that do not have a comprehensive business continuity plan, fail to recover from a significant business interruption.
Five steps to minimize business disruption and safeguard your employees during a pandemic
Create a business continuity plan to protect your business and employees from pandemics
As pandemics spread, it is important now, more than ever, to have an actionable business continuity plan in place to help guide your employees and your business through the uncertainty of pandemics including the recent Coronavirus (COVID-2019). Gallagher provides robust risk management and wellbeing strategies that aid with the protection of both your business and your people.
Did you know?
70%
More than 70% of businesses that do not have a comprehensive business continuity plan, fail to recover from a significant business interruption.
More than 70% of businesses that do not have a comprehensive business continuity plan, fail to recover from a significant business interruption.
Five steps to minimize business disruption and safeguard your employees during a pandemic
Your Business
Your Employees
Evaluate your business continuity plan, coverages and determine alternative plans during pandemics like SARS or Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Key coverages to review include: general liability insurance, management liability insurance, workers compensation insurance, property/business interruption insurance and travel/accident insurance.
Establish open communication with stakeholders including vendors and partners to develop alternative business mitigation strategies in real time.
Share with your vendors and clients your business continuity plan pre-, during and post crisis.
Have a core internal team to develop business mitigation processes and plans that can take action if/when needed.
Your partners with updates on how your business is being affected and what resources are available to support your vendors and business continuity.
Your Business
Your Employees
Assess response protocols for potential exposures as well as post-exposures, release of prewritten health alerts, vaccination policies and communication protocols during pandemics.
Share with your employees information about the pandemic, it’s scope, your business continuity plan and direct them to credible sources like WHO or the CDC for further guidance.
Empower your employees with up-to-date information about your pandemic safety response via email, text and town halls. Issue travel advisories that include available resources.
Canvas your physical workspace for possible areas contaminated and take steps to increase office cleanings.
Reach out to local hospitals and officials as well as the Infections and Emerging Diseases at the Department of Health in your region to organize a coordinated response in case of an emergency.
Your Business
Your Employees
1
Evaluate your business continuity plan, coverages and determine alternative plans during pandemics like SARS or Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Key coverages to review include: general liability insurance, management liability insurance, workers compensation insurance, property/business interruption insurance and travel/accident insurance.
2
Establish open communication with stakeholders including vendors and partners to develop alternative business mitigation strategies in real time.
3
Share with your vendors and clients your business continuity plan pre-, during and post crisis.
4
Have a core internal team to develop business mitigation processes and plans that can take action if/when needed.
5
Your partners with updates on how your business is being affected and what resources are available to support your vendors and business continuity.
Your Business
Your Employees
1
Assess response protocols for potential exposures as well as post-exposures, release of prewritten health alerts, vaccination policies and communication protocols during pandemics.
2
Share with your employees information about the pandemic, it’s scope, your business continuity plan and direct them to credible sources like WHO or the CDC for further guidance.
3
Empower your employees with up-to-date information about your pandemic safety response via email, text and town halls. Issue travel advisories that include available resources.
4
Canvas your physical workspace for possible areas contaminated and take steps to increase office cleanings.
5
Reach out to local hospitals and officials as well as the Infections and Emerging Diseases at the Department of Health in your region to organize a coordinated response in case of an emergency.
Your Business
Your Employees
Evaluate your business continuity plan, coverages and determine alternative plans during pandemics like SARS or Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Key coverages to review include: general liability insurance, management liability insurance, workers compensation insurance, property/business interruption insurance and travel/accident insurance.
Establish open communication with stakeholders including vendors and partners to develop alternative business mitigation strategies in real time.
Share with your vendors and clients your business continuity plan pre-, during and post crisis.
Have a core internal team to develop business mitigation processes and plans that can take action if/when needed.
Your partners with updates on how your business is being affected and what resources are available to support your vendors and business continuity.
Your Business
Your Employees
Assess response protocols for potential exposures as well as post-exposures, release of prewritten health alerts, vaccination policies and communication protocols during pandemics.
Share with your employees information about the pandemic, it’s scope, your business continuity plan and direct them to credible sources like WHO or the CDC for further guidance.
Empower your employees with up-to-date information about your pandemic safety response via email, text and town halls. Issue travel advisories that include available resources.
Canvas your physical workspace for possible areas contaminated and take steps to increase office cleanings.
Reach out to local hospitals and officials as well as the Infections and Emerging Diseases at the Department of Health in your region to organize a coordinated response in case of an emergency.