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 […]
Michigan Woman Awarded $12 Million After Being Fired for Refusing COVID Shot
A former Blue Cross Blue Shield employee was recently awarded $12 million by a federal jury in Detroit when she sued the insurance company for religious discrimination. Lisa Domski had worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield for almost 40 years when she was denied a religious exemption to the employee COVID-19 shot mandate.1 2 Although […]
Transit Workers Denied Religious Exemptions for COVID-19 Shots Each Awarded $1.3 Million
Half a dozen transit workers in the California Bay area who were fired for refusing to take COVID-19 shots were awarded approximately $1.3 million dollars each by a federal jury.1 The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) employees filed a class action suit in October 2022 after they were denied religious exemptions and or accommodations when […]
Court Orders Store to Pay $110,000 to Employee Fired for Refusing COVID Shots
In 2021, an Arkansas-based furniture retailer Hank’s Fine Furniture, Inc. with 18 branch stores in four states, violated U.S. federal law by denying a religious exemption to Florida assistant store manager Kaitlyn M. O’Neal for her religious beliefs opposed to getting COVID-19 shots. O’Neal was terminated from her position because she refused to comply with the company’s COVID […]
Fired Mayo Clinic Employees Who Refused COVID Shots Reinstated
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Mayo Clinic may have illegally fired a group of workers, who refused to get COVID-19 shots because of their religious beliefs. A three-judge panel unanimously found that the former Mayo Clinic employees demonstrated that the COVID shot requirement conflicted with their religious beliefs, reversing a decision […]
Health Care Workers Denied COVID Vaccine Religious Exemptions Will Be Paid $10.3 Million
NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore), which operates six hospitals in the Chicago area, agreed to pay approximately $10.3 million to employees who were discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in an historic class action settlement against a private employer.1 2 3 Liberty Counsel filed a class action lawsuit against […]