Adverse Weather Policy

It is always good to have an adverse weather policy. In the event of adverse weather, you have to close your business early or because your staff can’t get into work, what should you do? Preparing and circulating a Adverse Weather Policy before adverse weather arrives is a sensible way to support your business continuity and planning process. As well as communicating your expectations to your employees. Your Adverse Weather Policy should state how you will communicate to your employees that the business is not going to open. And it is closing for the day because of adverse weather that has occurred during the working day or overnight. Include in your Adverse Weather Policy How you expect employees to communicate their absence due to adverse weather What effort you expect employees to make to attend work Any flexible working options that you have available to enable people to work from home. Or flexibility in working hours. For Example, arriving later in the morning to enable road conditions to improve. Your position on employees using annual leave entitlement for the days that they cannot attend work A couple of words of warning if adverse weather means that your staff can’t get into work, you may be within your rights […]