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Policy for Non-Discrimination
Against Those With
Communicable Diseases
Scope:
This policy applies to all employees without exception in the event of a pandemic or
similar health crisis.
Guidelines:
Phalen Leadership Academies’ decisions involving persons who have
communicable diseases shall be based on current and well-informed medical
judgments concerning the disease, the risks of transmitting the illness to others, the
symptoms and special circumstances of each individual who has a communicable
disease, and a careful weighing of the identified risks and the available alternative
for responding to an employee with a communicable disease.
Communicable diseases include, but are not limited to, measles, influenza, viral
hepatitis-A (infectious hepatitis), viral hepatitis-B (serum hepatitis), human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection), AIDS, AIDS-Related Complex (ARC), leprosy,
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), including the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus)
and tuberculosis. PLA may choose to broaden this definition within its best interest
and in accordance with information received through the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
PLA will not discriminate against any job applicant or employee based on the
individual having a communicable disease. Applicants and employees shall not be
denied access to the workplace solely on the grounds that they have a
communicable disease. PLA reserves the right to exclude a person with a
communicable disease from the workplace facilities, programs and functions if the
organization finds that, based on a medical determination, such restriction is
necessary for the welfare of the person who has the communicable disease and/or
the welfare of others within the workplace.
PLA will comply with all applicable statutes and regulations that protect the privacy
of persons who have a communicable disease. Every effort will be made to ensure
procedurally sufficient safeguards to maintain the personal confidence about
persons who have communicable diseases.
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