Disaster planning — North Carolina

HR’s role in disaster planning

Significant human resources issues must be addressed quickly in the wake of natural disasters. Sound disaster planning requires that human resources issues be recognized and that adequate attention is given to both preventive and remedial steps. The goals should be to:

• comply with local, state and federal laws and regulations

• meet employee needs at a time of crisis

• preserve the human capital necessary to enable the company to recover from the incident and resume productive operations.

This chapter will provide an overview of some of the fundamental issues that need to be addressed in a post-emergency incident response. 

Handling interruptions of a normal work routine

In most disasters, employees will be disrupted from conducting their normal work activities. For instance, employees may not have a workplace in which to return to work, or they may be unable to access the worksite for a considerable period of time. In the event of bioterrorism or a disabling cyber-attack, there may be no way for employees to use the facility or...

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