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But putting business continuity plans into action is only the first step in dealing with a disruptive crisis. Epidemic, pandemic, civil unrest and other civil emergencies not only disrupt day-to-day business operations, but also create and amplify legal risks. Lawyers advising companies in these circumstances \u2013 both in-house and external \u2013 need to be across the issues that can arise.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RELATED: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.aem.thomsonreuters.com\/business-continuity-resources-webinar-registration?utm_source=bcp-resources&amp;utm_medium=legal-insight&amp;utm_campaign=webinar-bcp-PLWLA\">Coronavirus and Australian Bushfires: Business Continuity Resources Webinar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key legal issues include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Employment risks<\/strong>, including balancing the duties of the employer to protect employee health and safety to dealing against loss of productivity to absenteeism and the enforcement of policies.<\/li><li><strong>Supply chain risks<\/strong>, including how the crisis will affect contractual rights and obligations.<\/li><li><strong>Insurance risks<\/strong>, including limits and exclusions under relevant policies.<\/li><li><strong>Tax implications <\/strong>of spending money to address the crisis.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply download and access this complimentary guide from Practical Law which covers legal and practical issues arising from business disruption resulting from pandemics, civil emergencies and civil unrest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also watch our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/connect.aem.thomsonreuters.com\/business-continuity-resources-webinar-registration?utm_source=bcp-resources&amp;utm_medium=legal-insight&amp;utm_campaign=webinar-bcp-PLWLA\">free-to-join webinar<\/a>\u00a0at any time, in which the speakers will have a deep dive into what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com.hk\/en\/products-services\/legal-overview\/research-and-practice\/practical-law.html?utm_source=legal-insight-firm-blog&amp;utm_medium=legal-insight&amp;utm_campaign=legal-insight-firm-blog\">Practical Law<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/westlawasia.com\/?utm_source=legal-insight-firm-blog&amp;utm_medium=legal-insight&amp;utm_campaign=legal-insight-firm-blog\">Westlaw Asia<\/a> have to offer to assist businesses and their legal advisers in their business continuity planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access to this complimentary guide from Practical Law which covers legal and practical issues arising from business disruption resulting from pandemics, civil emergencies and civil unrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314,"template":"","categories":[3,576,10,625],"tags":[658,213,718,425,499,717],"resource_type":[596],"insight_job_role":[572,680,595,597,598,604,607,614,619,667,627,628],"insight_practice_area":[579,582,590],"class_list":["entry","author-legaladmin","has-excerpt","post-311","insight_resource","type-insight_resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-efficiency","category-business-management","category-legal","category-research-and-know-how","tag-covid-19","tag-employment-law","tag-insurance","tag-practical-law","tag-supply-chain","tag-tax","resource_type-guide","insight_job_role-barrister","insight_job_role-compliance-officer","insight_job_role-general-counsel","insight_job_role-hr-ir-professional","insight_job_role-in-house-lawyer","insight_job_role-knowledge-manager","insight_job_role-legal-operations-manager","insight_job_role-partner","insight_job_role-practice-manager","insight_job_role-principal","insight_job_role-senior-executive","insight_job_role-solicitor","insight_practice_area-commercial-law","insight_practice_area-company-law","insight_practice_area-employment-law","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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