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Employment Law Experts Say Employers Legally Allowed to Require Flu Shots

Though the flu season appears to be dwindling, with sunny skies and highs of 75 recently emerging in the Lone Star State, the Texas Department of Health Services says it’s not quite out the door.

DOH, in a report published Friday, said 13 percent of the 1,303 Texans who were tested from Feb. 9 to Feb. 14 tested positive for the flu virus.

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