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Coronavirus: what contingency plans are you putting in place?

Steve Bridger

We've had a discussion thread already touching on the Coronavirus (COVID-19), but things have moved on a bit and we'd like to ask members to use this space to share initiatives and plans around managing the coronavirus threat in your organisation.

Please refer to the CIPD factsheet for current guidance and also the latest information on the GOV.uk website.

The CIPD has been asked to speak on national news channels* about what businesses can be doing to manage issues affecting employees, such as flexible working, A+B teams coming into work, school closures, business travel etc.

*If you are happy to speak to the media, who are looking for real examples of businesses taking action, please let us know as we do sometimes get asked to recommend companies who could be featured. To reassure you, this is a closed thread and no-one can see it except CIPD staff and CIPD members. 

We’re well placed to help if you have any questions... and we’re interested to hear what actions you’re taking in your own organisations.

Please share below. Thanks.

UPDATE: 10th March 2020

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  • we have put lots of guidance in place, as part of the Business Continuity we have established a small team to deal specifically with the Corvid-19 questions, but I have been stumped with answering some of our employee questions. we have office and site workers and those who work outside often work away from home we provide the transport and accommodation, I cant find any guidance from government, NHS or Public Health England of what to do in the event one of our employees contracts or presents symptoms whilst away, do they have to self isolate in the B&B/Hotel/SC accommodation (guidance does exist for shared accommodation but it doesn't really cover these situations as the individuals don't live there), should we try and get them home, we are aware there is a risk in this action. Should they stay put (for the purpose of contract tracing and containment or can they move back to a more familiar area. Are hotels etc prepared to accommodate the person possibly for 14 days? ..any helpful advice gratefully appreciated
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  • we have put lots of guidance in place, as part of the Business Continuity we have established a small team to deal specifically with the Corvid-19 questions, but I have been stumped with answering some of our employee questions. we have office and site workers and those who work outside often work away from home we provide the transport and accommodation, I cant find any guidance from government, NHS or Public Health England of what to do in the event one of our employees contracts or presents symptoms whilst away, do they have to self isolate in the B&B/Hotel/SC accommodation (guidance does exist for shared accommodation but it doesn't really cover these situations as the individuals don't live there), should we try and get them home, we are aware there is a risk in this action. Should they stay put (for the purpose of contract tracing and containment or can they move back to a more familiar area. Are hotels etc prepared to accommodate the person possibly for 14 days? ..any helpful advice gratefully appreciated
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  • in reply to Angela Batt
    I think that if they are away and have symptoms, they need to contact the health authorities in the relevant country, in the same way that they would need to contact 111 if they had symptoms here. Some countries are hospitalising people who present symptoms as a matter of course, whilst others will tell people to self isolate. But you really would need to contact the health authorities in the country your employee is in and seek advice.