Neil Carberry, chief executive officer at the CIPD, says:

“The unprecedented outage of Microsoft systems today has affected organisations and employees around the world, including in the CIPD. We advise anyone in the people profession to follow their business continuity processes, notifying customers of any service disruptions and checking in with colleagues through available alternative communications channels. The CIPD is currently updating on the effects of the outage on our work through our official LinkedIn profile.

“We urge businesses and organisations to use their established processes and exercise their best judgement alongside compassion until the situation is resolved.”

Organisations without crisis contingency plans can refer to the CIPD Business Continuity guide.

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