Workers Fired for Refusing COVID Shot Receive $4.25 Million Payout
On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that A G Equipment Company, (AG) a compressor packaging manufacturer in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, will pay $4.25 million to 43 former employees to settle a religious and disability discrimination lawsuit.1 2 In the fall of 2021, A G mandated that all employees receive […]
Tech Company Agrees to $15 Million Settlement in COVID-19 Shot Bias Claim
An unidentified technology company has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve a federal investigation into alleged discrimination tied to COVID-19 shot exemption requests, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The matter was investigated by the EEOC’s Phoenix District Office and focused on the company’s handling of employee requests for religious accommodation during […]
Supreme Court Revives Religious Exemption in NY Amish Student Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed and remanded a lower court decision to uphold a law that denied Amish children religious exemptions to public school vaccine mandates in New York state. The nation’s highest court vacated the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals opinion and remanded the case back to the lower court with instructions […]
Flip-Flopping Religious Exemptions for West Virginia School Children
West Virginia government officials have been at war over religious exemptions to vaccine mandates for school-aged children. In November 2025, a district court issued a permanent injunction against a vaccine mandate that refused to allow for religious exemptions for school-aged children. Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Michael Froble found that it was a violation of […]
Fifth Circuit Court Reinstates COVID Shot Mandate Religious Discrimination Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated a religious discrimination case against the military’s COVID-19 shot mandate policy reversing and remanding the case back to the district court.1 Biden’s Executive Order Requiring Federal Workers to Get COVID-19 Shot In September 2021, then President Biden issued Executive Order 14043 requiring all federal […]
COVID Shot Mandate Lawsuit Cost Seattle $875K
The City of Seattle has quietly paid $875,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Marina Shinderuk, a former 911 police communications supervisor. Shinderuk was terminated in 2021 after declining the COVID-19 shot despite having received a religious exemption from the city.1 Shinderuk had worked for the 911 center for more than 14 years as a telecommunicator. When the […]