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Getting your team members paid in a timely fashion can be a challenge even for the best of companies. Large or temporary workforces scattered over considerable territory that need to be paid weekly or bi-weekly can strain human resource and payroll departments. Add in the effects of one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history and you have the prescription for a major business headache.

On Monday, August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States with devastating power. Homes were destroyed, people evacuated and businesses shut down --- in some cases, permanently. For RPM Pizza, the largest franchisee of Domino's Pizza in the United States, Katrina severely disrupted the lives of 3600 team members and forced the closing of 140 stores.

Two days after the hurricane made landfall, the ovens came back on in one of RPM Pizza's stores. Thirteen days later 65 stores were operating and less than a year later 124 of the original 140 are up and running with a workforce of more than 2600 team members. Due to the mandatory evacuations, many of RPM Pizza's pre-storm team members left the area and have not returned, causing the company to focus even more energy than usual on training.

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