I think it depends on the organisation. As part of our contingency
planning my organisation needs to ensure that people who may be
considered "vulnerable" (don't we mean people who have health conditions
that may be adversely affected by any virus inc swine flu?) don't get
deployed to certain areas.
I did prepare a global Email to staff so that we could be aware of who
may be more significantly affected by exposure to swine flu so we could
ensure appropriate deployment. I have also done some briefing notes,
including that even if you have had "contact" with someone with it
unless you have symptoms please continue coming in to work - have to
say, it's a difficult thing to pitch, you need to get the message across
without stirring up a hornets nest. And yes I do thinks its probably a
management issue - however it was felt that it would have more
credibility coming from OH
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Noel O'Reilly
Sent: 17 July 2009 11:28
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Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] swine flu again
Hello
I've been asked to comment on the Personnel Today Friday Podcast about
whether employers should inform 'vulnerable' employees - people with
health
conditions that could make them vulnerable to infections such as swine
flu - if
there are people in the workplace who they might come in contact with
who
have the infection. What would you consider good practice in this area -
to
inform all staff? To make a particular effort to inform 'vulnerable'
staff (is this
even practical?)? Should managers be briefed to inform staff (by email?)
every
time someone may have swine flu or would there be a risk of spreading
panic?
Or ist this just something for HR to worry about, i.e. a 'management'
issue?
Any comments very gratefully received.
Noel O'Reilly
Editor
Occupational Health
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