Last month I wrote about employers’ potential liability for Ebola in the workplace. Now state governments are seeking to quarantine citizens to protect against the possibility of a health epidemic. An inherent conflict exists between individual freedoms and the government’s interest to protect public health. Can the government quarantine an individual? What happens if
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Ebola in the Workplace – Dangerous to Employers
By Drew York on
Posted in *Way Out - Advice, Legal Risk Management
Returning from a trip to West Africa with some college buddies, Ben X. Posed, a waiter at Chotchkie’s, showed up for work with a fever, muscle aches, a strong headache, and stomach pains. Begging his boss Dee Manding for the rest of the day off, Ben complained of his aches and pains and…