#CHENNAI FLOOD DISASTER: LESSONS THAT HR’S CAN LEARN (1)

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• CHENNAI FLOOD DISASTER LESSONS THAT HRS CAN
  LEARN

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• Chennai Flood Disaster has costed 60 million in
  loss to IT companies, Rs.300 crores to telecom
  companies and Rs.1600 crores of loss for
  automobile sector. More than 90 of the companies
  were not prepared to tackle this situation and
  were forced to close the business without any
  alternate plan.
• 1. Ensuring Employees Safety
• The first thing HRs did was to move employees
  out of city, quickly and safely. They kept office
  close, booked hotels or hostels for temporary
  stay and made necessary food arrangements
• 2. Get an alternate place to shift everything
• Almost 90 of the companies in affected areas of
  Chennai stayed shut down for more than 10 days.
  They had no alternate plan to continue the
  business. Keeping this in mind, HRs should be
  aware of alternate places to shift necessary
  equipments quickly to keep the business up and
  running.

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• 3. Encourage critical role employees to stay
  behind
• In most of the organisations, there are few key
  roles which need physical presence of employees
  within the office location. Companies have
  encouraged them to stay back with full comforts
  in place, like booked hotels for them or made
  staying arrangements within office premises. 
• Social Media has proved out to be effective in
  letting others know about the exact situation of
  the disaster. HRs should keep posting about
  current situation of city as well as office
  premises. Keep sending photographs, videos and
  even email communication. This will give
  confidence among employees to travel back to
  city. Also an indication to key customers, that
  business is about to continue with 100
  efficiency.

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