FEBRUARY 22 2009

H1N1 Influenza and the Vermont Workplace

posted by Kerin E. Stackpole, Esq.

The H1N1 outbreak has affected workplaces all over the U.S. Employers have scrambled to cover work undone by ill employees, and they have struggled to come up with policies that prevent the spread of the illness through their workplace. These challenges are more daunting than you might think. Managing absenteeism due to illness, and setting policies that may require disclosure of health information, can be hard to do without running afoul of various employment and labor laws.

Tom Somers, Esq., a member of Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick’s employment and labor law group, has examined these difficult issues in his recent article “Influenza and the Vermont Workplace.” Click on the following link for Tom’s article and learn some practical strategies for handling the H1N1 crisis without creating legal liability for your company. If you have questions after reading the article, or if you need help managing labor and employment issues in your business, feel free to call us at 802-316-4318. We would be glad to help.

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