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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

Parents
  • Hi All
    Does anyone have advice on the scenario whereby a school closes and an employee, as a parent, can't physically be in work because they need to care for their children. Are companies going down the paid or unpaid dependant leave route? Interested in people's views. Thanks
  • in reply to Mandy
    We had a brief discussion about school closures earlier this week, and initial thoughts was if the school closes as a precautionary measure through their own choice then we will stick to the normal time off for dependents policy, if it's an enforced closure by PHE or the government then we're looking at continuing to pay staff full pay. We're keeping the situation under continuous review as so far we've not had the situation arise and we're monitoring the information on the gov.uk website daily.
  • in reply to Gemma
    I think Gemma that will be an impossible distinction when we get into the depths of this
Reply Children
  • in reply to Keith
    I quite agree Keith. It was one of those discussions where it was clear it hadn't quite occurred to people yet that this may happen. We're in an area where luckily we've had very low numbers of people with the virus so I think there has only been one or two schools close and only for a couple of days which did not impact any of our staff, so for some the possibility of it happening still seems quite remote. It's definitely one of those things where it is going to need monitoring constantly and plans changing, or plan a, b, c, d....z.