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According to a recently released study by the University of Southern California’s School of Urban and Regional Planning, Los Angeles area businesses lost $5.9 billion from interruptions caused by the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The study polled 389 companies and 504 business sites of which 81.8 percent of the businesses surveyed suffered interruptions in their operations. The most common reason for business interruption was employees attending to personal matters; 73.5 percent of the companies polled were affected in this way. We can decrease employee absenteeism by encouraging the employee to participate in a Personal Disaster Communications Exercise (PDCE). Our main objective of the PDCE is to encourage the employee to communicate through company sponsored support groups and identify and share their personal concerns in a "what if scenario" given a future disaster. We know that disasters can produce major interruptions in the natural flow of life. Employees will be less likely to attend to personal matters following a disaster if they have rehearsed the safety measures to be taken in future disasters. By rehearsing their safety measures, we find that the employee feels in control over their life and will deal with the distress more easily when a disaster occurs. Click Here to Read the Entire Article
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31Jan
Filed under: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, General
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