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Flu Season Looms and H1N1 Fears Return

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Heenan Blaikie
As flu season looms, employers are understandably concerned about the impact of a potential H1N1 influenza outbreak on their businesses and their employees. No one can accurately predict how the upcoming flu season will unfold; however, our lawyers have prepared a newsletter identifying key legal issues that may arise as Ontario employers prepare to deal with an influenza pandemic and its impact on the workplace.

While this information will apply to most workplaces, employers operating in a unionized environment should consider developing their responses in consultation with union representatives.  Continue reading Heenan Blaikie's Labour & Employment in the News: "The Evolution of a Flu Pandemic:  Issues for Employer Response, online.
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