Understand business-continuity plan

Understand business-continuity plans, and be able to contribute HR’s perspective when creating a plan. Being prepared to protect organizational assets during natural or manmade disasters can mean the difference between an organization’s survival or demise when an emergency occurs. One of the key assets to be protected during an emergency is the workforce. HR can contribute valuable input with regard to employee communication plans and develop training programs that will help to keep the workforce intact in an emergency.Understand the purpose of an emergency-response plan, and be able to design and implement one and evaluate its effectiveness. The emergency-response plan is created in advance of an emergency. It describes what roles are to be played in the emergency and who will play them, communicates to all employees a place to meet in the event of an evacuation, and assigns responsibility for implementing the plan in the event of an emergency.