Tagged: Influenza

Flu season is here. Even when pandemic levels of the influenza virus are not expected, the flu nevertheless impacts businesses whose employees become ill and/or need to take time off for flu-related reasons. With limited restrictions, employers are permitted to adopt policies and practices to encourage flu prevention, to control workplace flu outbreaks and to maintain optimal efficiency during flu season, provided that their practices are applied consistently, non-discriminatorily and in keeping with published employment policies and handbooks.

Flu season is here. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently is not reporting high levels of influenza outbreak or predicting pandemic levels of the virus this year, the flu will nevertheless impact businesses whose employees become ill and/or need to take time off for flu-related reasons. With a handful of restrictions, employers are permitted to adopt policies and practices to encourage flu prevention, to control workplace flu outbreaks and to maintain optimal efficiency during flu season, provided that their practices are applied consistently, non-discriminatorily and in keeping with published employment policies and handbooks.