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
Ebola in the Workplace – Dangerous to Employers
Returning from a tri
p 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