[Publib] Asking library users to leave ... becoming mandatory flu shots

[Christopher F. Bowen]

I recently had a conversation with my library's attorney (very experienced in library and municipal law) about flu shots. In his opinion a public library cannot require staff to get flu shots. He has no problem with the library urging staff to consider getting flu shots or even with the library offering to pay for the flu shots, but we cannot require anyone to get them. By the way, even if the library pays for the shots he does not believe the library would be liable if someone suffered an adverse reaction to the vaccine.  

Christopher F. Bowen
Library Director
Downers Grove Public Library
1050 Curtiss Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515-4606
630-963-2595

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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:45:07 -0700
From: Lise Chlebanowski <lchlebanowski at avondale.org>
Subject: Re: [Publib] Asking library users to leave if they have H1N1
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I'm not so sure I'd be that quick to make the vaccine mandatory...click on the link for more information.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/17/Many-Health-Workers-Wont-Take-Swine-Flu-Vaccine.aspx