Flu Shots and the Law

We are asked this time of year whether employees are required to get flu vaccines. This short list of links is intended to help you begin your research.

Wisconsin laws & legislation on human vaccination 

• Wisconsin Statute 252.041 "Compulsory vaccination during a state of emergency"

Recent subject indexes to legislation show bills relating to vaccination that have not passed to become law.

• 2015-2016: Bills relating to vaccination 
• 2013-2014: Bills relating to vaccination

Photo by Cpl. Jackeline Perez Rivera via Wikimedia Commons

Mandatory flu shots in the workplace

• OSHA letter from 2009 on mandatory flu shots
• EEOC letter form March 2012 on mandatory flu shots
• EEOC letter from December 2012 on mandatory flu shots
• Pandemic preparedness in the workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (EEOC)
  Information about what an employer can require, presented in a question and answer format.
• Vaccinating the health-care workforce: state law vs. institutional requirements (2010 Public Health Reports 125(4) pp. 615–618)

Vaccination resources for businesses and employees

• Flu information for businesses and employers (CDC)
• Flu information for health care workers (CDC)
• Make it your business to fight the flu (CDC)
• Flu information for health professionals (Flu.gov)
• Planning for seasonal and pandemic flu: guides for employers (Flu.gov)
• Reducing healthcare workers' exposures to seasonal flu virus (OSHA)