Are your employees snowed under? Severe weather and its impact on business

There's no business like snow business: but even in severe weather conditions there are solutions employers can put in place for employees to keep disruption to a minimum, says the CIPD.

The severe weather already affecting much of Britain and school closures affecting parts of the country do not necessarily have to mean major problems for employers: a combination of technology and common sense on the part of employers and employees can minimise the impact for many, argues the Institute.
 
Where people can log in to work from home – or where the time can be used to focus on thinking time, there is a real opportunity to minimise the cost to business of the travel chaos. With reports already coming in of employees being told 'come hell or high water, you are expected in, whatever the weather' it may be a difficult time for staff morale as well as employers, bearing in mind January is the month employees are most likely to pull a sickie.