The national law firm of Jackson Lewis offers eight steps in responding to employee concerns about potential workplace exposure to the swine flu and management action to safeguard their well-being.

Among the steps: communicate to employees that management is following the situation closely and will take all necessary steps to ensure their safety and health; request that employees report to their supervisors promptly if they are experiencing any flu-like symptoms, and supervisors should be instructed to notify Human Resources immediately upon such a report; review leave and telecommuting policies and adjust them, if necessary, to encourage employees to stay at home if they experience flu-like symptoms; remind employees of the need to wash hands frequently and to practice other good hygiene practices; and communicating with the company’s cleaning service about additional steps to sanitize worksites.