Despite growing concerns about the transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the U.S. workplace, most businesses consider SARS a minor problem, according to a poll of 135 senior-level legal and human resources executives taken last week. The survey also found that more than 70 percent of the companies questioned have yet to develop any type of response plan for SARS.

The survey was conducted among attendees at a national employment law conference hosted in Phoenix by Littler Mendelson, the nation's largest employment and labor law firm.