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SWINE FLU
As the Government concedes that the swine flu outbreak cannot be contained, businesses are putting measures in place to ensure that they keep disruption to a minimum in the vent of an outbreak. To this end, the Government has announced proposals to temporarily double the period of time that staff can self-certify any absences from the current 7 days to 14 days. It is hoped that this will avoid ill employees clogging up GP surgeries while they suffer from flu, and consequently helping to spread the disease. Any temporary measure is likely to last six months.
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