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Can Employers Require that Employees Get the Flu Shot?

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Flu season is upon us. Can employers require a flu shot? More importantly, should they? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emphasizes that getting a flu vaccine this year is “more important than ever...more

Cozen O'Connor

Severe Flu Season Creates HR Challenges

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With the outbreak of the corona virus dominating headlines, it is a great time to dust off the company policy on dealing with flu season and infectious diseases, generally, in the workplace.  Contagious diseases are...more

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HR Quick Takes: Employee Vaccination Requirement

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Q: Can I require that my employee get vaccinated? A: This question most frequently comes up in relationship to the flu vaccine but, with the national focus on measles, this question has also been asked more broadly...more

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Employers Must Consider Accommodating Workers' Religious Objections to Flu Vaccination

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Recent actions by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) emphasize employers’ obligations under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to accommodate workers’ religious objections to receiving a flu vaccination. ...more

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EEOC Litigation Persists Against Hospitals With Mandatory Flu Vaccine Programs

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The annual flu season is upon us, and once again, employers with mandatory flu vaccine programs are wrestling with the prospect of complex employment litigation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”)...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

It’s Officially Flu Season – Get Your Shot, Not Your Suit

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This is not the first time you’ve heard from us about flu shots in the workplace. And here we are again. Each flu season, employers find themselves in the hot seat when well-intentioned attempts to implement a policy...more

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Dear Littler: Do We Have to Accommodate A Religious Objection to the Flu Shot?

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Dear Littler: I work in a health care setting in New Jersey. As flu season is approaching, we emailed all of our patient care employees (nurses, physical therapists, intake staff, etc.) to remind them that an immunization is...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

“Vaccinate” Your Mandatory Flu Shot Policies Against Litigation

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As we have just survived one of the worst flu seasons in recent memory, now is a good time to consider whether you should implement or revise a mandatory flu shot policy for 2018. The Center for Disease Control and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

North Carolina Hospital Settles Religious Discrimination Claims Over Flu Vaccine Policy

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Many healthcare providers in North Carolina have instituted policies requiring their employees who have patient contact to receive the flu vaccine each year. Such policies will typically include a process by which an employee...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Forcing The Flu Shot? DOJ Sues Over Flu Policy That Requires A Note From The Clergy

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on behalf of a nursing home employee alleging she was forced to receive a flu shot to keep her job when she could not provide a note from a clergy member in support...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

"This Week In Employment Law" Quiz!

Are you in the know? Yeah, I'm sorry. I should have an in-depth, incisive legal analysis of the Sixth Circuit panel decision in EEOC v. R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. That was my plan, and I promise that I will --...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Employer Policies Involving The Flu Vaccine And Discrimination Under Title VII

According to the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”), the United States experiences a flu season each year. With this year’s flu season considered one of the worst since the 2009-2010 pandemic, many employers wish to...more

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No Religious Bias Against Hospital Employee Who Refused to Get Flu Shot

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Mandatory vaccines and flu shots present challenges to employers attempting to accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees. In this case, a hospital worker claimed that he was terminated...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Did You Get the Shot? Religious Exemptions to Employer Mandated Flu Vaccinations

The last months of the year are marked by holidays, family, snow days -- and influenza, commonly known as the flu. For the 2017-2018 flu season, the Center for Disease Control ("CDC") recommends adults receive an injectable...more

Gray Reed

Sticking it to Your Employees During Flu Season

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Frustrated with the high number of employees that did not show up for work in the fall and winter last year, Jim Duncey, the owner of Duncey’s Caps, Inc., issues a memo to all employees that they must provide proof that they...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policies: Time for a Check-Up

After a measles outbreak at Disneyland spread to 134 Californians and residents in six other states and two other countries, California adopted a law removing “personal belief” exemptions from vaccinating children in public...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

EEOC Continues its “Fight” Against Mandatory Flu Vaccines

Following up on a post from last week on the issue of mandatory flu vaccine policies, the EEOC seems to be on a march to challenge any employer – particularly hospitals – that denies an employee a requested exemption from a...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

‘Tis The Season for Sneezin’ – Where Does The Law Stand On Mandatory Flu Vaccines?

Fall is in the air – when the air becomes crisp, our thoughts turn to Halloween, turkey and — thanks to constant reminders — and our annual flu vaccine. Many health care facilities have implemented policies which...more

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EEOC Sues Hospital Over Flu Shot Dispute

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In its continuing effort to press employers to accommodate workers under a variety of circumstances, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently sued a Massachusetts hospital over its flu shot policy. The June...more

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