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.
Hospital Worker Fired for Not Getting Mandated Influenza Vaccine Wins Payout
A person receives an influenza vaccine in Chicago, Ill., in a file photograph. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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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).

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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