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How to Reduce Staff Illness and Absence at Work

November to March is peak flu and viral infection season. As an employer, your responsibility to keep your workers safe extends beyond just accidents and injuries.

Implementing proper hygiene practices and equipping workers with necessary information about flu prevention can help slow or stop the spread of infections in the workplace. 

It is imperative that employers have the tools needed to weather the probable increase in sick leave requests and employee absences during flu season. 

In this webinar, our experts Olivia Cicchini and Michelle Ann Zoleta, discuss steps employers can take to reduce staff illness and absence during peak flu season.

After watching the webinar, you’ll know:

  • How to prevent the spread of viral infections in the workplace
  • What to include in a leave policy
  • When to implement a flexible work policy
  • How to develop at emergency response plan and when to implement it
  • And more…



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Meet Our Speakers



Olivia Cicchini, Employment Law Expert & Presenter, Peninsula Canada

A licensed paralegal, Olivia has significant insight into legal, HR, and employee management challenges faced by Canadian SMEs. 

She utilizes her employment law expertise to create relevant and comprehensive content to help small business owners stay compliant with employment standards and health & safety legislation.  

Olivia’s incisive commentary regularly appears on radio, websites and in newspapers. Her views have been featured on CBC Radio, CTV News, CP24, and Toronto Sun.





Michelle Ann Zoleta, Manager of Health & Safety, Peninsula Canada

As the health and safety manager, Michelle ensures the health and safety team provide compliant advice to all Peninsula clients. 

She guides the health and safety team on addressing difficult inquiries in the eight provinces Peninsula operates in. Michelle has sound knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety laws and regulations across Canada.

She has extensive experience in providing consultation to clients on all aspects of health and safety management — offering timely answers and effective solutions to their concerns.