Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall somewhere between Tampa, Florida, and the Florida panhandle this week as a Category 4 hurricane according to the National Hurricane Center. Evacuation orders have been issued and, once again, employers will be tested in the wake of a disaster that may impact the lives of employees and their families as well as company operations. Below are some best practices for preparing crisis management responses and managing employment-related issues developed from the lessons of past crises for employers to consider.
Crisis Management Response
Employee Safety
Employers are responsible to ensure the safety of their employees who need to work during a disaster. With this in mind, employers may need to immediately evaluate who, if anyone, is essential to stay at or near a potentially impacted location and who should evacuate. For essential employees who do not evacuate, employers may need to ensure that proper safety protocols are in place to protect the risk of harm. This may include making sure employees working in and around damaged workplaces are protected from unreasonable exposure to hazards that may be present, such as slip and fall hazards, electrical exposures, and even exhaustion from working extended shifts. Some employers may be required to make personal protective equipment available to protect employees.
Emergency Response Plan
An employer’s emergency response plan was likely tested and updated during the COVID-19 pandemic....
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