united-states privacy vaccination
Is it legal for either a public or private workplace to require a flu vaccine (in the US)?
<p>Note - Disregard medical workers, direct medical workers or similar jobs.   Not looking to debate that some industries may have needs.</p>
<p>I see that many workplaces and universities are mandating COVID vaccine verification.   Although I don't understand the legality on this, I do understand that a &quot;national emergency&quot; might make it hard to debate this.   And I am not condoning the mandate, I am saying for this question on the FLU VACCINE, let's not debate the COVID vaccine.</p>
<p>So let's note two examples:</p>
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<li>Private company/school.   No workers in medical or like field.</li>
<li>Public.   So public school, civil workers, etc.</li>
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<p><strong>Edit Note:</strong>   Because the only answer I have is so poor and does not even address what the question is asking I will add an addendum.</p>
<p>The question is in regards to how an employer would ever have access to tell if you had a flu shot.   I have owned a few businesses and paid for med coverage for employees.   I have almost no rights to any sort of their medical information.   What's funny is I went through a workmen's comp claim and had almost no rights to info on that employee even though they were putting a claim against my business.   So how in the hell in the past 2 years have the flood gates swung open on employers access to employee medical.   There is no way I would have been able to tell if an employee had a flu shot two years ago.</p>

<p>A company can mandate getting a flu shot as a condition of employment. The government can do the same (for its employees) – Washington state <em>has</em> done so at least for covid. Some individuals qualify for a disability accommodation, so they would be exceptions (e.g. they could be moved to working away from the public). A sincere religious conviction also gives rise to a religious-accommodation exemption. <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/questions-and-answers-religious-discrimination-workplace" rel="noreferrer">This guidance</a> addresses the question of what constitutes a sincerely held religious belief.</p>
