Method and system for estimating dynamics of workforce absenteeism using information on pandemic spread and mitigation actions

A system for estimating workforce absenteeism wherein there is provided:

• a computer connected to an epidemiological model of pandemic for an infectious population;
• a computer determining a compounded effect of one or a plurality of mitigation actions;
• a computer estimating overall workforce absenteeism based on at least one of
• expected employee perception of the risk of pandemic,
• expected number of infectious employees,
• expected number of employees attending family needs, and
• expected infrastructure availability;
• and
• a computer providing said estimate of overall workforce absenteeism as output to a peripheral device.

A machine-readable medium for estimating workforce absenteeism on which is provided:

• machine-readable instructions for a computer to access a database with an epidemiological model of pandemic for an infectious population;
• machine-readable instructions for a computer to determine a compounded effect of one or a plurality of mitigation actions;
• machine-readable instructions for a computer to estimate overall workforce absenteeism based on at least one of
• expected perception of the risk of pandemic,
• expected number of infectious employees,
• expected number of employees attending family needs, and
• expected infrastructure availability;
• and
• machine-readable instructions for a computer to provide said estimate of overall workforce absenteeism as output to a peripheral device.