738 Workplace Hygiene and Illness Prevention Program Management

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Advise Employees Before Traveling

Management should evaluate upcoming employee travel plans to identify potential infectious disease outbreaks that may pose a risk to employees.

Management should evaluate upcoming employee travel plans to identify potential infectious disease outbreaks.

Employers have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of employees, even while traveling. Check the CDC's Traveler's Health Notices for the latest guidance and recommendations for international travel.

Employees should check themselves for symptoms of an acute illness before starting travel and promptly notify their supervisor and stay home if they are sick. The employee should contact a healthcare provider for advice, if needed.

Employees should not travel if sick.

Employees who become sick while traveling should promptly notify their supervisor and contact a healthcare provider for advice. If outside the United States, sick employees should follow their company's policy for obtaining medical care. A U.S. consular officer can help employees locate healthcare services in foreign countries.

It is essential for management to have an emergency plan in place in the event an employee becomes sick and requires medical evacuation while traveling.

Important note: U.S. embassies, consulates, and military facilities do not have the legal authority, capability, and resources to evacuate or give medicines, vaccines, or medical care to private U.S. citizens overseas.

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4-11. Why should employers be concerned about employee health while traveling?

Because a sick employee can't do their job

Employers have a responsibility to protect employee health and safety while traveling

A U.S. consular officer could impose penalties against the employer

Because employees are responsible for their own health while traveling

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