Hospital Worker Fired for Not Getting Mandated Influenza Vaccine Wins Payout

Published on January 2, 2024

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). CHOA, which did not respond to a request for comment, is not admitting fault. But the system is also required under the decree to make significant changes to the way it handles exemption requests to its influenza vaccine mandate....

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