Webcast Training: Protecting Employees in H1N1 Flu Pandemic
Ensuring continuity – even survival – of your small business in the event the H1N1 flu pandemic spirals “out of control” is not a matter to be taken lightly.The items to be addressed total up to a daunting list. Ignoring the problem is no longer a viable option. But there is a new, viable and FREE option for getting businesses educated and prepared.
A new training webcast for business leaders: “Planning and Response to the H1N1 Flu Pandemic” is a great place to start. This hourlong webcast, produced along the lines of a “20/20 newscast,” explains in simple language what business leaders need to know now.
This valuable instructional webcast is comprised of segments, or “chapters”, that address:
1. How to protect employees from contamination.
2. How to secure your inputs to production – materials, supplier services, funding – when those entities are experiencing business disruption.
3. How to cross-train employees for continued functioning of key positions
4. How to establish satellite stocks of equipment and supplies accessible to healthy employees to keep them functioning away from an “unhealthy” headquarters.
5. How to establish, communicate and enforce sensible “sick policies.”
“Flu Pandemic: Crisis and Response” has been in production for over a year – well before H1N1 had ever been heard of. It is a joint production of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the All Hazards Training Center of the University of Findlay (Ohio). It was shown live on June 11, 2009 – the very day the World Health Organization declared H1N1 a worldwide pandemic – and now is available as a free on-demand training webcast. Accompanying the video instruction is a set of downloadable useful documents, including a planning template you can use to develop a response plan for your own business. You can stop/start/replay any portion of the webcast and even submit questions for the experts at the University, who will answer you via e-mail.
This webcast training tool is available 24/7 and it’s free, so “tune in” soon and get your team focused on an H1N1 flu response plan that will help ensure the ongoing continuity of your business.