Managing Infectious Diseases in the Workplace
Duration: 90 minutes
Speaker: Deirdre Kamber Todd
Webinar Description
The outbreak of Ebola in Africa and its spread to the United States has produced anxiety in the public and, undoubtedly, among the employees in many workplaces. Your employees will want to know that you are doing everything that is feasible and legal to protect them from the risk of contracting highly contagious and potentially deadly diseases. How do you manage your workers’ fears about catching a dangerous disease in your workplace and how do you communicate effectively to your employees the steps you are taking to keep them from harm? Can an employer require a symptomatic employee to stay at home? What about asymptomatic employees who have been in contact with an infected person? Can you impose sensible travel bans on your employees? What should be included in a company communicable disease policy? These and other relevant questions will be answered by employment attorney Deirdre Kamber Todd. She will review critical facts about Ebola and other contagious diseases that can be communicated to your workforce and offer best practices consistent with applicable law on managing the risk that highly infectious diseases will infiltrate your workplace.
Agenda
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Facts about Ebola, H1N1, other deadly flus, and HIV/AIDS that you and your employees need to know
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Effective communication to employees about disease risk
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Adoption of employer policies covering infected workers
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CDC Ebola Monitoring and Movement Guidance applicable to the workplace
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Medical tests that an employer can legally require employees to take
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Employers’ rights and obligations under applicable laws relating to contagious illnesses in the workplace, including:
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OSHA
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FMLA
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ADA/ADAAA
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Workers' Compensation
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HIPAA
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing HRCI Credit Information
This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 hours of General recertification credit hours through the HR Certification Institute. Use of the seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.
Continuing Legal Education Credit Information
This webinar has been approved in the following states for continuing legal education credit by The Marino Legal Academy:
California: 1.5 credit hours
The Marino Institute for Continuing Legal Education is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.5 credit hours of participatory CLE credit.
New Jersey: 1.5 credit hours
This webinar has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.5 CLE credit hours.
New York: 1.5 areas of professional practice credit hours
This course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York Continuing Legal Education Board for veteran attorneys for 1.5 credit hours, of which 1.50 credit hours may be applied toward the Areas of Professional Practice.
Pennsylvania: 1.5 credit hours
This Distance Learning program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit.
To receive CLE credit for this webinar in those states, please request such credit by writing toinfo@parkavenuepresentations.com. Your request will be forwarded to The Marino Legal Academy for processing.
CLE credit for this webinar may also be awarded in a number of other jurisdictions. For more information, please contact a Marino Legal Academy legal education consultant at (212) 249-3779,x104.
Logistics
- 90 minutes (Travel Free) delivered over the Internet.
Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
Q&A session with the expert.
Special Feature: If you register for this webinar and cannot attend, you will be able to access a one-time instant replay without charge for up to 90 days after the date of the webinar.
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