[2ndDivisionVet]

What a confusing mess!

[eyeamok]

And for every person that says YES to any of the questions, buy them 2 tickets to the next Presidential Fund Raiser.

[Pining_4_TX]

Our 3-year-old grandson has a doctor’s appointment this afternoon (he has some weird virus apparently that nobody seems to be able to figure out yet - please pray for him!) and when my daughter made his appointment, they told her about new precautions the office is taking due to Ebola. This is a family practice in a midwestern state that has had no Ebola cases so far. Wow.

[Red Badger]

What about HIPPA Laws?................

[Menehune56]

Isn’t this exactly why mandatory travel restrictions to and from the ebola countries are needed immediately? At the very least a strict supervised quarantine for travelers arriving from those countries.

[riri]

Niiiiice. I guess Ebola is here to stay. Until we are all dead.

[Safetgiver]

We need to quit calling it the Ebola epidemic or the HN whatever the hell it is killing kids all over America, and start calling with EVERY thread, political speech and news article “The Democrats Biological Warfare on America”. Please help.

[Jim Noble]

Never mind the ADA.

Where the f*** is OSHA??

A nurse gets hepatitis, they are on it like white on rice. Fines, injunctions, lawsuits, without limit.

2 nurses (with more to come) get Ebola? No biggie.

[I want the USA back]

If you are an employer you are always wrong.

[Minsc]

> How should employers respond when they learn that an employee is planning a trip to West Africa to visit family?

Shoot the idiot.

[Chgogal]

For people going to Ebola affected countries - upon return, the employee has an additional 21 day vacation at no pay for the days that are business days. Business days defined by employer.

[DoughtyOne]

We'll get you set up on Ebola.  We'll let you know exactly what we require you to do.  There will be phone numbers, forms, a number of helpful resources... (2014)

We'll get you set up regarding compliance on the subject of Illegal immigration.  The computer SS check system will be up and running shortly  (2000).


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[Pollster1]

"The ADA not only prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who are disabled (being infected with Ebola would likely be considered a disability), it also prohibits discrimination against an employee “regarded” as disabled. So for most employers, this is currently not the best option."

That's easy. First day back from West Africa, you fire the employee for poor performance. Whether that is lateness, gossiping instead of working, or something else, you give a warning in the morning and catch the employee again not working productively in the afternoon. There is a 100% chance that someone just back from those three countries will have nonproductive time on the first day, even after a warning. Then you fire him for cause.

I am more than tired of the government getting into the employer-employee relationship, and I can completely understand finding ways around unjust laws. A whole lot of what FedGov does has no legitimacy, and we have no moral obligation to comply, just to make sure we cannot be caught.

1. Fire the person for other reasons, always job-related (the same when you choose not to hire someone - NEVER give a reason, not even in a private conversation with a third party).

2. Never disclose to anyone, not even your lawyer, your business partner, or your spouse, why someone was fired . . . if the real reason is anything other than performance.

3. Solve the problem quickly if it can affect the bottom line (and spreading a deadly disease to your customers or employees certainly qualifies).

[bgill]

1) Recheck his citizenship and right to work here
2) Fire him for whatever reason will satisfy a court

There is no reason for anyone going into the hot zone unless they are there to provide medical support.