“This will not only protect employees, but it will save employers money by ensuring that sick employees don’t spread infection to co-workers and customers, and will relieve the financial burden on our health system swamped by those suffering from H1N1.” "To help control the spread of the H1N1 flu virus, workers who are sick should stay at home ... This bill will ensure that workers who are directed to stay home by their employers can do so without paying a financial penalty." The Centers for Disease Control estimates that a sick worker will infect one in ten co-workers. Full Article at All American Patriots