Health and safety: Flu pandemic contingency plan (policy)

When to use this flu pandemic contingency plan

Use this model plan as part of the company's policy manual or staff handbook, or to provide to employees when there is the threat of a flu pandemic such as a bird flu or swine flu pandemic.

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Infectious diseases in the workplace policy

Policy wording

Introduction

A flu pandemic (such as a bird flu (avian influenza) or swine flu pandemic) has the potential to affect severely the organisation, its employees and their families, and requires specific planning over and above that made for other disasters (see the organisation's separate disaster contingency plan).