Business leaders and human resources professionals planning for the financial and workforce impact of a possible avian flu pandemic can find useful information during "Business Preparedness for an Avian Flu Pandemic: Current Understanding, Business Planning Issues, and Findings from Buck's Avian Flu Pandemic Survey," a free cyberconference hosted by Buck Consultants, an ACS company and one of the world's leading human resource and benefits consulting firms.
The webcast takes place on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at 1:00pm ET. Registration for the event can be done online at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=87345&eventID=1199654.
As employers plan for an event that is so uncertain, they often have questions about the issues they should consider in their risk analyses. This session will provide a useful framework for understanding and planning for the risk of pandemic influenza.Discussion topics include: results of Buck's survey on business preparedness, how public health authorities are preparing, how employers can assess their business impact including absenteeism and productivity disruption, educating managers and staff, communicating with employees during a pandemic, business continuity planning, and analysis of employee benefit programs. Participants will have access to experts at Buck Consultants, who will answer attendees' questions.
The speakers are Phillip L. Polakoff, MD, who heads Buck's National Clinical Consulting and Lifetime Health Strategy practice, and Connie Harden, JD, a Principal and Tax and Legal consultant at Buck.Buck Consultants, an ACS company, is a leader in human resource and benefits consulting with more than 1,500 professionals worldwide.
Founded in 1916 to advise clients in establishing and funding some of the nation's first public and private retirement programs, Buck is an innovator in the areas of retirement benefits, health and welfare programs, human resource management, compensation and employee communication. News and other information about Buck Consultants is available at www.buckconsultants.com. Buck is an independent subsidiary of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS)
For more information, please contact:Ed Gadowski, Media RelationsBuck Consultants201-902-2825Edward.gadowski[at]buckconsultants.com