Buck Consultants, an ACS company and one of the world´s leading human resource and benefits consulting firms, is hosting a free cyberconference "Business Preparedness for an Avian Flu Pandemic: Current Understanding, Business Planning Issues, and Findings from Buck´s Avian Flu Pandemic Survey." 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.
This session provides a framework for understanding and planning for the risk of pandemic influenza.
The webcast introduces results from Buck Consultants´ survey on avian flu preparedness. Conducted online in December 2005, the survey reveals that most organizations are not strategically prepared for the business disruption that will result. For example:
-Most employers´ current business continuity plans do not address the risks posed by pandemic illness
-Existing human resources policies would need to be modified for the vast majority of companies
-Fewer than one-third of non-healthcare organizations have a healthcare professional on staff.
These and other survey findings will be discussed in more detail during the webcast.
In addition to survey results, discussion topics include: 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.
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 Relations
Buck Consultants
201-902-2825
Edward.gadowski[at]buckconsultants.com