Are you prepared for the next pandemic?

I certainly don’t want anyone to overreact, but as I was getting ready to go this morning, I listened to the news that the coronavirus is continuing to spread. In addition, with an incubation period of 14 days, an epidemiologist interviewed on Bloomberg predicted that as many as 100,000 people could ultimately be infected.

It’s time to start dusting off those continuity plans addressing what steps your credit union would take in the event of a wide-spread virus. Here are a couple of good places to start:

In 2006, there was wide-spread fear of an influenza pandemic. The financial regulators, including the NCUA, responded with this inter-agency statement on Pandemic Planning.

In 2014, we had the Ebola Outbreak. One of the most helpful analyses of the legal issues confronted at the time by employers was this blog post from Bond Schoeneck & King, which addressed issues such as the extent to which employers could inquire about employees’ travel plans.

 

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