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Hospital worker may be fired for refusing vaccine

Hospital worker may be fired for refusing vaccine

Hospital worker may be fired for refusing vaccine

A hospital employee who works in patient care areas may be terminated for refusing on religious grounds to take a flu vaccine, the federal District Court in Massachusetts has ruled. The Court has found that the hospital sought to make a reasonable accommodation and that granting the employee’s request would have been an undue hardship. Leontine Robinson handled intake and registration of patients in the emergency room at Children’s Hospital Boston. When the hospital adopted a policy of mandatory vaccination of all employees working in patient care areas (except for those with medical reasons to reject it), Robinson refused on religious grounds. As a Muslim she objected to a vaccine that...

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