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Mercer’s survey attempts to provide an understanding of how organizations are reacting to the sprear ofthe H1N1, or “swind flu”, virus and what plans and procedure s are being implemented. More than half of the employers surveyed were considering whether tocreate back-up and contingency plans in response to the outbreak, the surve found. Others said they planned to restrict or cancel businesz travel or allow employees to workat “With the continued increasr of reported cases of it is important for employers to develop a plan for dealing with the myriad HR issues that can arisew in the event of a pandemic or otheer health care emergency,” Danielle Dorling, a consultant in Mercer’zs HR effectiveness consulting business said in a “In particular, organizations with a globak work force and decentralized HR units need to have a coherenyt procedure in place for e mployee care in the evenft of a health emergency.
” Mercer’s survey, whicb includes more than 400 mid-size and large organization worldwide, was conducted from April 30 to May 11 and includea responses from employers located in the US, Australia/Nea Zealand, Canada, Mexico, the Hong Kong, Brazil, Vietnam, Switzerland, Argentina, South Korea, Singapore, the Russian Federation, the Philippineds and Belgium.