With Hurricane Harvey and other storms or disasters, a company's failure to communicate HR matters to its employees can wreak havoc in survivors' lives—and create more HR problems later.

The destruction wreaked by Hurricane Harvey on Houston and greater southeast Texas will close businesses for an undetermined amount of time and potentially leave out of work tens of thousands of people stuck in shelters or grappling with flooded homes.

In the early days after a major natural disaster—at least weeks of recovery—what should employers consider about pay and work obligations they can take to avoid long-term repercussions for failing to protect employees?

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