Planning Is Key to Payroll Continuity Amid Coronavirus Worries (1)

Growing concern over the spread of the coronavirus means that employers should have an effective disaster-recovery and business-continuity plan for payroll departments.

The virus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19, has spread across the globe after it was first reported in China on Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization said. More than 97,000 cases have been identified as of March 5, including nearly 200 in the U.S., the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering said. There have been about 3,500 deaths worldwide, said the center, which provides updated information on the virus compiled by the ...