8 things to know when swine flu hits the business
Quick Read Small Business columnist Jamie Herzlich lays out what small businesses should do.
Photo credit: Index Stock Imagery | Preparing a business for the H1N1 flu includes more than stocking up on tissues.
Small-business owners are used to operating lean, but many would be ill prepared to continue operations if an influenza pandemic hit their workplace.
A pandemic could affect as much as 40 percent of the workforce during periods of peak influenza illness, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Washington, D.C.
That's why federal and health care officials are...
