City panel enacts swine flu policy

[The Straight Story]

City panel enacts swine flu policy


The city of Wausau's (WI) Human Resources Committee on Monday adopted a policy to prevent an outbreak of H1N1 among city employees.

The policy allows a supervisor, after consultation, to order an employee home if that person reports or shows signs of swine flu.

Employees sent home will not be allowed back to work until 24 hours after their fever is gone or until they have proof of a negative H1N1 test.

Employees will be required to use their sick leave time until that is gone. Then they would have to use vacation and/or personal days.

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20090828/WDH0101/908280699/1981/WDHopinion

Said it before and will again - if there is one thing the government should mandate to businesses it is that all workers (full/part time) get one week paid sick leave (and let the company deduct that week from their taxes). The spread of illnesses gets fueled by people fearing the loss of the income or being fired.

And for those who think I am a libertarian, look above, I am promoting government involvement in business! (which I do often, I just think there is a common sense limit like I do with their involvement with our personal lives - there is just something about freedom I like for some reason)

edited to add State info

[madrchsod]

1. good idea but this is the usa....

you can`t miss work so you go to work sick and infect everyone else. if your kids are sick-tough shit- you work or you are fired. in most cases using your personal/sick/vacation times puts the employee in danger of being fired for any future absence. my daughter has no time left to take off till january. if she gets sick she`ll have to go to work or be fired. fortunately my wife has generous sick/personal/vacation time and can do her job at home. she will get first chance at any vaccine.