Flu outbreak particularly bad for small businesses

 
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG | Published: January 17, 2013   

The flu season has created a scramble for New Jersey Limo Bus & Limousine.

Two of the company's seven full-time employees called in sick at the same time. They were in charge of maintaining and cleaning the limos and buses. Two part-time drivers also called in sick.

photo - In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, photo, Joe Brasco, of  New Jersey Limo Bus & Limousine,wipes off a Rolls Royce in Fairfield, N.J. The flu season has created a scramble for New Jersey Limo Bus & Limousine as two of the company's seven full-time employees called in sick at the same time, but the Brascos have managed to find substitutes when workers have called in sick. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ORG XMIT: NJME203
In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, photo, Joe Brasco, of New Jersey Limo Bus & Limousine,wipes off a Rolls Royce in Fairfield, N.J. The flu season has created a scramble for New Jersey Limo Bus & Limousine as two of the company's seven full-time employees called in sick at the same time, but the Brascos have managed to find substitutes when workers have called in sick. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ORG XMIT: NJME203

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“It's very difficult to get things done,” says Ann Marie Brasco, owner of the Fairfield, N.J., firm.

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