OSHA And WHD Provide Workplace H1N1 Flu Information & Guidance

(Published November 16, 2009)

 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued common-sense fact sheets that employers and workers can use to promote safety during the current H1N1 influenza outbreak.  The fact sheets inform employers and workers about ways to reduce the risk of exposure to the 2009 H1N1 virus at work.  Separate fact sheets for health care workers, who carry out tasks and activities that require close contact with 2009 H1N1 patients, contain additional precautions.

 

OSHA's "Workplace Safety and H1N1" website provides easy to understand information appropriate for all workplaces and more extensive guidance for those involved in higher risk health care activities.

 

In addition, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has published new guidance in a question-and-answer format on pandemic flu's effect on wages and hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and pandemic flu-related leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).