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What are the risks to my employees?
Plan: Mercer provides tailored human capital risk and health program risk audits that help businesses:

• Identify the likelihood of the health risk spreading through the workforce;
  
  
• Assess how well employees understand the potential health risks and how they can minimize personal risk;
  
  
• Determine how employees should communicate their potential health risks to managers or absence managers, including any legal constraints on privacy; and
  
  
• Determine what public guidance for identifying health risks and closing workplaces will be provided by government agencies.

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What can I do if my staffing levels are reduced?
Plan and prepare: Mercer helps organizations review their contingency plans and prepare procedures for operating with reduced staff, including how reductions in one operating group may impact other operations.
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How can I protect my employees if a pandemic occurs?
Plan: Marsh advises organizations on ensuring that ongoing workplace safety programs include communication about the importance of managing health risks, including personal hygiene; information on influenza and other communicable disease symptoms; and guidance on when to seek medical help.
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Plan: Mercer has the expertise to evaluate health programs to determine how health care services will be paid under a private or public program or provided directly by the employer.
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Prepare: Marsh works with companies to develop appropriate policies and procedures for employee health and safety in relation to travel, quarantine, working at home, sick and leave time, and more to help ensure proper care and attention to employees as well as the continued functioning of the business.
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Prepare: Mercer advises companies on evaluating their existing medical and absence programs to understand how they will cover expenses, respond to employee questions and concerns, pay for absences, and coordinate cases with one another. Improvements can then be implemented to address gaps and weaknesses found in such an evaluation.
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Respond: Mercer works with clients to develop contingency plan communication strategies that clearly define for employees what they should know about the risks, what they should do if affected, and where they can find information.
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Respond: If absences occur, Mercer recommends monitoring how well the absence manager is handling cases.
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