Religious Employees Win $100,000 In Settlement Over Flu Vaccine Mandate

Daily Caller ^ | 5/31/23 | Kate Anderson

[CFW]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced Wednesday that a New Jersey medical group had settled for $100,000 for refusing to allow religious exemptions to the company’s influenza vaccine policy, according to a press release.

Six employees were denied requests to obtain a religious exemption to Inspira Medical Centers’ (IMC) policy requiring the influenza vaccine for all staff in compliance with a “New Jersey statute that requires health care employees to get the influenza vaccine,” according to the Wednesday press release. The EEOC found that the company had failed to meet the requirements for religious accommodation under the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and as a result, the company agreed to settle with five of the employees for a total of $100,000.

[CFW]

Good for these employees.

[Dandy]

So the constitution guarantees equal protection under the law. Why are these people given special treatment. If they don’t want to abide by their employer’s rules....They shouldn’t work there.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Should never have required court.

[MeganC]

The vaxx mandate was a change to the employer’s rules and one that delved into a personal space where the employer has no business.

[Albion Wilde]

$20K apiece, not counting lawyer fees? No. Should be that, plus lost wages plus pain and suffering plus costs plus punitive damages.

[momincombatboots]

Thanks for posting. I require a religious exemption for covid.