Do employers have a responsibility to inform employees if a co-worker is at home in quarantine or isolation due to SARS, and can the employee be identified?
• Employers should contact local public health officials if they are aware that an employee has gone into quarantine or isolation. The public health officials will contact directly any employees who may have been exposed to SARS at the workplace by the co-worker. The employer should also follow any instructions provided by the public health officials. • Depending on the circumstances, identification of quarantined employees by name to other employees may not be legally permitted.
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