Customize a Letter to your employees

Send your employees a customized letter informing them about how they can be prepared for flu season and your expectations that they will stay home if they are sick.
Send an e-mail encouraging employees to stay home if they are sick and giving them instructions on how to protect themselves from getting the flu.
If your letter is telling employees about an outbreak among co-workers, remind employees that if they believe they have been exposed to a sick co-worker they should monitor themselves for symptoms of influenza-like illness and stay home if they are sick.
Attach a copy of your nonprofit’s sick leave policy or family leave policy or any special policy that addresses absenteeism during flu season.

Help employees understand the symptoms of the flu.
Sign your key staff up for e-mail updates from the CDC about the flu.
Distribute a downloadable H1N1 Fact Sheet to all employees in English or Spanish .
Complete Communications Kit from the CDC

National Council of Nonprofit Associations