http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20130107/NEWS07/130109934?tags=|70|305|340|303A federal district court in Cincinnati has refused to dismiss a case in which a hospital customer service representative who was fired for refusing to get a flu shot contended she was entitled to religious accommodation because of her veganism.
According to the ruling in Sakile S. Chenzira v. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ms. Chenzira, a vegan, was discharged in December 2010 for refusing to take a flu shot, which is derived from eggs.