When Disaster Strikes: How Prepared is Your Workplace

WHEN DISASTER STRIKES HOW PREPAREO IS YOUR WORKPLACE? There's no way to guarantee your workplace won't ever have to deal with natural or manmade disasters, but by being prepared and communicating effectively, employers can help employees be calm and responsive in the event of a cyber attack, tornado, public relations snafu, flood, fire, of any other type of disaster. Stil are workplaces really ready for a worst-case scenario? BEST-LAID PLANS – OR NO PLANS AT ALL? "WE NEED TO TALK" A plan is only as good as its ability to be understood by a company's employees - and some employers may need to step up communications to help ready employees for the worst. While many businesses do have a disaster recovery plan in place, there is still a significant number that don't. | 53% employers that have a disaster recovery or business continuity plan in place 28% ONLY 60% employers that do not have a disaster recovery or business continuity plan in place 19% employers that aren't sure if they have a disaster recovery or business continuity plan in place OF EMPLOYERS think if a disaster came to their NEARLY ONE IN TEN BUSINESSES say they have experienced a business loss because of the lack of a disaster recovery plan. place of employment, their employees would know the steps to take to protect themselves. 78% 91% WHEN IT COMES TO CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS PLANS: OF EMPLOYERS OF EMPLOYERS in the financial who have a disaster services industry indicate they do have a plan in place. recovery plan also have offsite backup data storage to protect critical company information. 16% 29% 55% I employers that have one in place Iemployers that do not I employers that aren't sure WHICH TYPES OF DISASTERS ARE BUSINESSES MOST (AND LEAST) PREPARED FOR? Fire 68% Natural disaster 67% Robbery | 42% Cyber attack 36% ONE-THIRD OF EMPLOYERS say they test their disaster recovery system only once a year. Federal crisis | 32% PR disaster 30% THE AMERICAN RED CROSS RECOMMENDS THREE KEY WAYS FOR BUSINESSES TO BE PREPARED WHEN DISASTER STRIKES: GET A KIT Have supplies at the ready in an easy-to-carry emergency preparedness kit you can take with you in the event that you and your employees must evacuate the premises. MAKE A PLAN Discuss how to best prepare for and respond to those emergencies that are most likely to happen where you work. Practice evacuating your workplace at least twice a year. Help employees determine a plan of where they would go if they needed to evacuate (a hotel, a safe place with friends or family, or an evacuation shelter) and how they would get there. BE INFORMED Find out which disasters or emergencies are most common in your area, and share with employees how information from local authorities will be communicated in the event that one occurs. careerbuilder This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder among 3,023 hiring managers and human resource professionals between November 9 and December 5, 201.