By JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press Writer Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Writer – 21 mins ago
PHOENIX – Employees of an Arizona county with flu symptoms or a temperature of at least 100.4 degrees must stay home from work or risk being fired under a new policy.
Pima County Board of Supervisors chairman Richard Elias said Thursday that the new policy is aimed at lessening the spread of swine or seasonal flu illnesses among the county's nearly 7,000 employees and people who go to government buildings for business.
Employees with flu symptoms would be required to stay home until at least 24 hours after the fever ends. A sick employee who ignores a manager's order to go home could face disciplinary action or firing.
Pima County includes Tucson and its suburbs and runs south along the Mexican border.
The new rules will take effect Tuesday and probably be lifted in the late spring.
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On the Net:
Pima County Board of Supervisors:
http://www.pima.gov/cob/e-agenda/101...20Pandemic.pdf
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/...flu_sick_leave
County to sick workers: Stay home or risk firing
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