H1N1 Flu: Preparing the Workplace for a Pandemic

Littler Mendelson and Huntleigh McGehee invite you to join us for a focused and timely seminar to understand what can be expected from this season’s H1N1 virus and learn what employers can do to assess their risk and respond appropriately with defined steps. The CDC is encouraging employers and the public not to panic, but rather implement pandemic plans and to take precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus.

Littler will provide you with valuable insight into such plans and risks in the workplace, precautions that employers should take to maintain a safe work environment, and what to do when an employee self-discloses that he or she has recently traveled to a location where the virus has been confirmed or that he or she has been confirmed with swine influenza.

We are also honored to have Dr. Donald J. Kennedy, Head of Infectious Diseases & Immunology at St. Louis University Medical Center, present on H1N1 as a possible pandemic, its implications and his suggestions on prevention.

Topics covered at this seminar will include among others:

• What are the symptoms of swine flu?
• How is it spread and how can it be prevented?
• What is the treatment -- including how long will an employee potentially be out of work and/or contagious?
• Can the employer send home employees before they show symptoms?
• How to respond when a employee self-discloses his/her infection?
• Practical tips for handling contagious employees and return to work issues.
• What other laws come into play when an employee self-discloses that he or she has the flu?
• If the schools close, mass transit shuts down, or employees are too scared to come to work, what are the employer's options?

Please join us on Thursday, October 1, 2009, for this important complimentary breakfast briefing.

Registration/Breakfast: 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Program: 8:30 am - 10:30 am

Free parking is available.

CLE and PHR/SPHR credit is pending for this program.

Space is limited, please reserve your space today.

There is no charge for this program.