Today,
Liberty Counsel settled the nation’s first classwide lawsuit for health care
workers over a COVID shot mandate, for more than $10.3 million. The class
action settlement against NorthShore University HealthSystem is on behalf of
more than 500 current and former health care workers who were unlawfully
discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the COVID shot
mandate. The agreed-upon settlement was filed today in the
federal Northern District Court of Illinois.
As a
result of the settlement, NorthShore will pay $10,337,500 to compensate these
health care employees who were victims of religious discrimination, and who
were punished for their religious beliefs against taking an injection
associated with aborted fetal cells.
This is a
historic, first-of-its-kind class action settlement against a private employer
who unlawfully denied hundreds of religious exemption requests to COVID-19
shots.
The settlement
must be approved by the federal District Court. Employees of NorthShore who
were denied religious exemptions will receive notice of the settlement and
will have an opportunity to comment, object, request to opt-out, or submit a
claim form for payment out of the settlement fund, all in accordance with
deadlines that will be set by the court.
This is the crux of any COVID complaint.
As part of
the settlement agreement, NorthShore will also change its unlawful “no
religious accommodations” policy to make it consistent with the law, and to provide
religious accommodations in every position across its numerous facilities. No
position in any NorthShore facility will be considered off limits to
unvaccinated employees with approved religious exemptions.
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