This course provides information about Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act and
pandemic planning in the workplace.(1) This document was originally issued in 2009, during the spread of H1N1 virus, and has been re-issued on March 19, 2020, to incorporate updates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies established ADA principles that are relevant to questions frequently asked about workplace pandemic planning such as:

• How much information may an employer request from an employee who calls in sick,
in order to protect the rest of its workforce when an influenza pandemic appears
imminent?
• When may an ADA-covered employer take the body temperature of employees
during a pandemic?
• Does the ADA allow employers to require employees to stay home if they have
symptoms of the pandemic influenza virus?
• When employees return to work, does the ADA allow employers to require doctors’
notes certifying their fitness for duty?