Essentia Health

Employees Fired from Essentia Health for Refusing the Flu ​Shot

Duluth, Minnesota: Essentia told employees, volunteers, students​,​ and vendors that they have three options: get the flu shot, get a religious or medical exemption, or​ lose their jobs. Dr. Rajesh Prabhu says it ​is essential to take a mandatory approach in order to get high compliance. The nurses' union ​will fight any terminations for a policy it says is unnecessary, intrusive​,​ and may not even be effective.​ [...]