May An Employer Change Its Company Policies If The Company Is Being Hit Hard By It?

January 20, 2010 by wgarnett  
Filed under Wes' Blog

How does a company handle a company policy that is being hit hard by it? Your company has been hit hard by the flu this season, both H1N1 and seasonal. Although you’ve encouraged sick employees to stay home until they are symptom-free in order to avoid exposing what’s left of your healthy workforce to the flu, you’re concerned that you may not be able to afford to continue providing paid sick leave as required under your policy. Can you change your paid sick leave policy?

Read the full article linked below.

http://hr.cch.com/hhrlib/issues-answers/May-an-employer-change-its-paid-sick-leave-policy-if-too-many-employees-are-out.asp?date=January-11-2010

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