Where can I find a comprehensive set of questions and answers about workplace policies and practices during a flu outbreak?

Flu.gov has a comprehensive list of questions and answers prepared by the US Department of Labor at http://answers.flu.gov/categories/284.

The workplace topics cover:

• Human Resource Policies and Pandemic Planning
• Equal Employment Opportunities
• Workplace Benefits
• Workplace Safety and Health Issues
• Unemployment Issues and Financial Assistance
• Private Sector Workplace Issues

Last Reviewed: 11/28/2011

• During an flu pandemic, can a healthy employee refuse to come to work, travel, or perform other job duties because of a belief that by doing so, he or she would be at an increased risk of catching the flu?
• May employers send employees home if they show symptoms of pandemic influenza? Can the employees be required to take sick leave? Do they have to be paid? May employers prevent employees from coming to work?

• Workplace Questions
  • Equal Employment Opportunities
  • Human Resource Policies
  • Private Sector Workplace Issues
  • Unemployment Issues and Financial Assistance
  • Workplace Benefits
  • Workplace Safety & Health Issues