As the H1N1 virus continues to spread nationally, employment lawyers are getting a lot of calls from clients. Littler Mendelson has received "thousands" of inquiries on the topic, said San Francisco partner Garry Mathiason. Primarily, the questions coming in are about how to maintain a safe workplace without stepping on the rights of apparently sick employees. One hot-button issue, then, is how to combat so-called "presenteeism," or ill employees coming to work.
November 12, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
As the H1N1 virus continues to spread nationally, employment lawyers are getting a lot of calls from clients.
Littler Mendelson has received “thousands” of inquiries on the topic, said San Francisco partner Garry Mathiason. “We’ve been hearing extensively about it and have been counseling clients for the last six months with regard to [H1N1] and how it fits into the general pattern of communicable diseases.”
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