BROOKFIELD, Wis. – According to an International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans survey, 52% of organizations have a disaster plan and 27% are working to have a plan within 12 months. According to the study, recent disasters, including September 11, Hurricane Katrina and the SARS epidemic, have shown employers the importance of disaster planning. Here is a look at how organizations are preparing themselves for possible disasters:
* 67% of those with disaster plans either created or revised their plan because of recent disasters.
* 24% either created or revised their disaster plan because of avian flu concerns.
Recommended For You
* The most common provisions in a disaster plan to aid employees are access to counseling or an employee assistance program (51%) and emergency payroll distribution or cash advances (47%).
* Although 34% of respondents have both communicated their disaster plan to employees and implemented an exercise or drill to test the plan, 26% of respondents have neither communicated nor tested the plan.
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
