Make it your business to fight the flu. Take action to keep your workplace healthy this flu season and reduce the likelihood of flu spreading to both customers and employees.
Plan, prepare and respond
Businesses and employers can prevent and slow the spread of COVID-19 within the workplace. Business operation decisions should be based on both the level of disease transmission in the community and your readiness to protect the safety and health of your employees and customers.
Workplace guidance for COVID-19 and specific occupations
Ongoing strategy for COVID-19
What steps should businesses take to prepare for flu season?
Lead by example
Employers and supervisors can lead by example, by getting vaccinated themselves and encouraging their staff to do the same.
Educate employees about flu vaccine through in-house communications tools like newsletters, emails, or breakroom posters.
Offer flu vaccine
Offer access to vaccination on-site or provide resources for where to go in the community. Ask your employer insurance company or local pharmacy for referrals; or provide a link to Immunize Nevada's list. Consider providing time off to get vaccinated.
Update policies and supplies
Remind employees to take everyday preventive steps like staying home and away from others when sick, covering coughs and sneezes, and washing hands to reduce the spread of germs. Businesses can interrupt the spread of flu through leave policies that provide paid sick leave and staying home when sick.
Stock up! Are bathrooms stocked with soap and sanitizer? Are your janitorial crews equipped with wipes and other antibacterial cleaning tools to stop germs on the surface? And are your staff members given the right technology and access to work from home? Evaluating your supplies and stocking up where necessary can be the difference between a healthy, productive office and a sluggish, sickly staff.
