Take The Flu Shot Or Get Fired
They should all go on strike.
ALBANY, NY -- Workers at Capital Region hospitals are going to have to get a flu shot this year or face losing their jobs.
The requirement is part of a new emergency regulation adopted earlier this month by the State Hospital Review and Planning Council that requires that all hospital workers get the flu vaccine -- and that it be a requirement for employment.
Hospitals are quickly trying to assemble new workplace policies to comply with the regulation, and those that have been put in place threaten disciplinary action and even termination if workers, from janitors and food service workers to doctors and nurses, refuse to get the shots. The policy affects about 25,000 people in the region.
Albany Medical Center, the region's leading hospital, sent out announcements to workers earlier this week saying employees had to get flu shots by Oct. 16. Spokesman Gregory McGarry said the hospital may take "corrective action" against employees if they don't comply, although he declined to get into specifics about what type of penalties they would face.
The hospital, which will pay for the vaccine, is insisting that almost all of its 7,000 employees get the shots, even those who work at off-site buildings such as the finance center in Delmar. McGarry said that even those workers spend time at the main hospital buildings for meetings.
"It's anyone who has contact with patients or providers," McGarry said. "There may be rare exceptions."
St. Peter's Hospital in Albany is also developing a set of strict guidelines as it seeks to get all of its 4,500 employees shots by Dec. 1.
"There are very few exceptions," said spokesman Elmer Streeter. "We will be requiring it of all our employees as a condition of employment."
Workers will be suspended for five days initially if they do not get the shot. After that, they have another five days to comply before facing possible termination."
ALBANY, NY -- Workers at Capital Region hospitals are going to have to get a flu shot this year or face losing their jobs.
The requirement is part of a new emergency regulation adopted earlier this month by the State Hospital Review and Planning Council that requires that all hospital workers get the flu vaccine -- and that it be a requirement for employment.
Hospitals are quickly trying to assemble new workplace policies to comply with the regulation, and those that have been put in place threaten disciplinary action and even termination if workers, from janitors and food service workers to doctors and nurses, refuse to get the shots. The policy affects about 25,000 people in the region.
Albany Medical Center, the region's leading hospital, sent out announcements to workers earlier this week saying employees had to get flu shots by Oct. 16. Spokesman Gregory McGarry said the hospital may take "corrective action" against employees if they don't comply, although he declined to get into specifics about what type of penalties they would face.
The hospital, which will pay for the vaccine, is insisting that almost all of its 7,000 employees get the shots, even those who work at off-site buildings such as the finance center in Delmar. McGarry said that even those workers spend time at the main hospital buildings for meetings.
"It's anyone who has contact with patients or providers," McGarry said. "There may be rare exceptions."
St. Peter's Hospital in Albany is also developing a set of strict guidelines as it seeks to get all of its 4,500 employees shots by Dec. 1.
"There are very few exceptions," said spokesman Elmer Streeter. "We will be requiring it of all our employees as a condition of employment."
Workers will be suspended for five days initially if they do not get the shot. After that, they have another five days to comply before facing possible termination."
posted by nolocontendere at 9:47 PM
5 Comments:
I have to wonder if the "spokesman" Gregory McGarry or any of the hospital's corporate elite will be required to get the shots and face the same penalties for refusing.
Good question, and I would venture to say that the answer will expose the real reason for this drive to instill fear about their manufactured flu strain and the push to jab as many americans as possible.
well, we know if they (higher-ups) are required, those shots will contain a benign solution. isn't there a union of some kind for hospital employees?
Don't know about back there, neener, but those people should stage a mass walk out nonetheless over this fascist decree. The monsters probably know that health care workers will be conflicted more than any other profession and meekly accept the dictate, just like how they want to jab children first to make parents feel guilty. It's all unfolding in an extremely sinister manner.
I work for that shit hole and flu shots are not the only double standards going on at SPH. Our HR department is a joke. Coming here was the biggest mistake I have ever made
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