2009/2010 Flu Season

Flu season is here

This year, both the seasonal flu and the 2009 H1N1 flu (swine flu) will affect our community and our workplace.

The Governor formed a task force to recommend ways to protect State employees from the flu and ensure we keep essential State services going. We at DPA are working with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and other State and federal agencies to keep you informed and safe this flu season.

Keep yourself and others healthy

If you get the flu, you can get sick and spread the flu to others at home, work, and the community. The California Department of Public Health and federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) made this important recommendation:

Stay home if you have influenza symptoms (fever and cough, sore throat, or runny nose) to avoid infecting others. If you have influenza, stay home until you've been fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medications. Do not go back to work with a fever. A temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) is a fever.

For more information

• Questions and answers about the 2009/2010 flu season and the H1N1 flu
• Guidance for State employees
• Guidance for supervisors and managers
• Guidance for HR staff - PML 2009-037 - Update on the H1N1 Influenza | PDF | Attachment
• Guidance on HR/LR issues for departments with institutions
• April 29, 2009 swine flu letter to State employees

Updated January 4, 2010 at 9:58 AM.