With flu season upon us, our colleague Joe Lynett has written two posts relating to workplace flu issues.

“Plan to Minimize Spread of Flu and Legal Risks in the Workplace during Flu Season” is here.

"Health Care Personnel in New York Must Get Flu Vaccination or Wear a Mask” is here.
 

The company told the plaintiff he was being terminated because it “feared that he had contracted swine flu while in Mexico for his sister’s funeral.” For a time, swine flu had been declared a public health emergency and medical authorities feared the worst. We now know that the swine flu hospitality and mortality profile is very similar