Employee Health Red Book Template (Page 2 of 6) in pdf

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Let’s start an Employee Health Policy!

To start an employee health policy (EHP), you must have a training meeting with your

employees, one at a time or as a group, and review some very specific information.

There are three forms which are used to explain the employee health policy (EHP). Two of the

forms are for employees and managers and the third form is for managers only.

Form #1 is titled “What is foodborne illness?”

Form #2 is called the Employee Illness Reporting Agreement.

Form #3 is called the Manager’s Decision Guide.

You will use forms #1 and #2 when training your employees. Make enough copies for each

employee to have his/her own to review.

Form #1 – What is foodborne illness? You must make the following important points:

1) Foodborne illness can make customers sick and that can have an effect on the

restaurant’s business.

2) The BIG “6” cause the largest amount of foodborne illness in the United States.

3) It is important for employees and managers to recognize the symptoms of the BIG “6”

foodborne illnesses.

Form #2 – Employee Agreement; you must make the following important points:

1) The employee agrees to report to a manager if:

The employee experiences symptoms of a foodborne illness;

A doctor tells the employee he/she is sick with a foodborne illness;

The employee is exposed to a foodborne illness through contact with other

people.

Make the Employee Health Policy part of the training for all new employees. During

inspections, the area health department inspector will ask for evidence that you are doing the

training.

There are two ways to show that employees have received the Employee Health Policy

information:

1) Employee signature on the Employee Agreement or

2) A sign-in sheet from a group training meeting.

If you have any questions about the Employee Health Policy, you may contact your local Health

Department. To find your local Health Department, please visit

office-directory.

Georgia Department of Public Health

Courtesy: Fairfax County Health Department, Fairfax, VA

Environmental Health Section

2 Peachtree Street, 13

floor

Atlanta, GA 30303

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