31 Aug Lessons Learned: As Flu Shot Season Approaches, Inflexible Rules Can Cause Accommodation Headaches
EEOC | Norma ZeitlerIt’s the end of summer. Our children are returning to school, the evenings are turning a bit cool and hospitals are educating their workforces on mandatory flu vaccination programs. Each year at about this time, we look to recent court decisions for guidance on how best to balance a hospital’s interest in protecting its patients (among other things) with a healthcare worker’s sincerely held religious belief that conflicts with the hospital’s requirement that its employees get the flu vaccine. Last summer, I…