Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (CHOA), a pediatric healthcare system based in Atlanta, will pay $50,000 and undertake remedial measures to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC charged in its suit that, in March 2021, CHOA rescinded a job offer to an applicant who had sought a disability-related exemption to CHOA’s flu vaccination requirement. After receiving a job offer from CHOA for a registration associate position, the applicant requested an exemption from the flu vaccination requirement based on a severe allergy to eggs, which are often contained in the standard flu vaccination. Despite the applicant indicating a willingness to take an alternate form of the flu vaccine, CHOA rescinded the applicant’s job offer because of her disability, and instead filled the position with an internal candidate who had “no issue” receiving the flu vaccine. This alleged conduct violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits disability discrimination.