Contingency plan for shortage of staff
Planning for personnel is an important part of your company’s crisis preparedness. By thinking ahead about how to redistribute tasks, safeguard key competencies, and address employees’ needs, you create better conditions for the business to continue operating even during disruptions
Plan to keep your business running
Ensure that your company can continue operating during disruptions. This is about planning so you can maintain your business at an acceptable level, no matter what happens. Examples of disruptions include staff being unable to come to work, premises becoming unusable, or deliveries of essential goods and services failing to arrive. In short, it’s about creating a Plan B so you are better prepared for different types of interruptions.
Important considerations when developing your plan
- Analyse what could affect your business.
- Clarify what your business needs in order to function.
- Take the necessary measures and preparations to ensure your business can continue operating.
Films: prepare for the unforeseen
The Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency (MCF) has produced films that can be helpful when planning and preparing for unforeseen events. The films are in Swedish but you can add English subtitles in YouTube.
Films at Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agencys YouTube page
Film: Being prepared for companies – About securing staff (duration: 1:05 min)
Film: Being prepared for companies – Business Continuity Management (duration: 3:02 min)
Prepare your business for disruptions, crises and war
At the Civil Defence Agency, you will find more information on how to plan staffing for your company – both for peacetime operations and what applies in the event of a threat of war or armed conflict.
Plan staffing for businesses at the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency (in Swedish)
In-depth information on business continuity management
At the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency you can find more in-depth information like training materials and guides on how you can plan for staff losses and have a plan B if the unforeseen should occur.
msb.se/kontinuitetshantering (in Swedish)