most companies have a disaster plan in place. this is the time to dust if off and see if you’re ready.
roman h. kepczyk, cpa.citp, at infotech partners north america inc., offers some resources:
- american red cross (http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/panflu/)
- occupational safety and health administration (http://www.osha.gov/publications/osha_pandemic_health.pdf)
- pandemicflu (http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/workplaceplanning/index.html)
- world health organization (http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/index.html)
ask yourself:
- are your remote technologies in place, so people can work at home if they need to? big companies may be using windows terminal server or citrix. small firms: xp remote or gotomypc.
- are your laptops and smartphones working well and can they connect to the office applications?
- are your work-at-home and flextime policies up to date.
- are all the personnel and client lists up to date and accessible?