Swine Flu May Mean Small Businesses Close
In a poll by law firm Eversheds, one in five businesses say they expect they will have to close or partly close their work places if they have an outbreak of swine flu, reports The Daily Telegraph.
This proved quite surprising and showed that many businesses are concerned about the financial impact an outbreak of swine flu may have on them and the predicted staff absenteeism.
About 75% of businesses said they had already lost staff to swine flu but 41% of them admitted they didn’t have any contingency plans in operation to cope with a sudden increase in staff absenteeism which is expected in the autumn.
Source: The Daily Telegraph Business Section (18th August 2009)