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Business Continuity Guidance for Businesses

Permanent or long-term loss of staff

Underpinning risks:

The underlying risks driving a loss of staff will vary. The type of business and its location will affect which risks are pertinent.

Although unlikely, businesses located in crowded urban areas or in prominent buildings, e.g. head offices or iconic sites, should consider the impacts on staffing levels of a malicious attack on that area/building.

Other scenarios have a lower direct impact on one organisation / business but a more widespread impact on the area / sector, for example, a 'flu pandemic may lead to a 0.4% - 2.5% fatality rate of those who are infected with the pandemic virus and show symptoms.

Loss of staff could result from a range of other risks, for example:

• Transport accidents
• Industrial accident in a built up area
• Industrial accident resulting in the release of Chemical, Biological, Radiological hazard.

BCM Implications:

• Guidance on terrorist-related incidents is available at: http://www.mi5.gov.uk/ [External website]
• Guidance on Chemical, Radiological, Biological and Nuclear incidents available on the UK Resilience website at: http://www.ukresilience.info/emergencies/cbrn.aspx [External website]
• Guidance on other emergencies that may result in fatalities available on the UK Resilience website at: http://www.ukresilience.info/emergencies.aspx [External website]

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