If your business is located in an area where it snows, planning is essential. While smaller storms can be handled without much loss to business, large storm wreak havoc. Not only are businesses affected directly, they are also affected indirectly because employees cannot get to the business. To handle these type of situations, a plan is required. The following are some plan considerations:
- Safety – both employee and customers (customers falling on your property because snow was not cleared is a liability)
- Evacuation
- Staffing
- Snow day leave policy
- Snow plowing and salting
Severe Storms Hit Midwest with Snow, Ice, Winds – Insurance Journal, April 2013
Winter is costing U.S. at least $5 billion, analysts say – Marshable.com, Feb 2015
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