Hospital Worker Fired for Not Getting Mandated Influenza Vaccine Wins Payout

Health care system in Georgia settles case alleging it failed to accommodate worker’s religious beliefs.

A person receives an influenza vaccine in Chicago, Ill., in a file photograph. Scott Olson/Getty Images

A health care system in Atlanta, Georgia, is paying a former worker after allegedly violating federal law when it denied his request to not receive an influenza vaccine, according to newly filed court documents.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) is paying DeMaurius Jackson, the worker it fired, $45,000, according to a consent decree signed by lawyers for the system and the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).