US EditionMayo Clinic Faces Lawsuit Claiming Religious Discrimination over COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
OLMSTED COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUL 31 – The EEOC alleges Mayo Clinic discriminated by denying a religious exemption to a vaccine mandate despite the employee's offer to wear a mask and test, impacting civil rights.
- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Mayo Clinic, alleging violation of a man's civil rights over its COVID-19 vaccine policy in 2021.
- The lawsuit claims Mayo Clinic discriminated against Cody Schultz on the basis of religion by denying him a reasonable accommodation.
- Schultz argued that his religious beliefs and health concerns prevented him from getting vaccinated. He offered to wear a mask and undergo testing instead.
- The EEOC seeks monetary damages and changes to prevent similar situations in the future.
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Duluth News Tribune
Federal regulators sue Mayo Clinic over COVID-19 vaccine requirement
ROCHESTER — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against Mayo Clinic alleging the health system violated a man's civil rights when the organization did not allow him to have a religious exemption to its COVID-19 vaccine requirement in 2021. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday, July 30, in Minnesota District Court. In the complaint, the EEOC alleges that Mayo Clinic "discriminated against Mr. (Cody) Schultz on th…
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mayo Clinic faces lawsuit claiming religious discrimination over COVID-19 vaccine policy
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on July 31 in the U.S. District Court of the District of Minnesota.
Mayo Clinic vaccine mandate subject of new lawsuit
(ABC 6 News) – Years after Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees made headlines, another former staffer has filed a suit claiming the hospital violated his religious beliefs. According to a new federal lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a former Mayo Clinic security guard claims he submitted to the vaccination policy […]
EEOC sues Mayo Clinic for denying religious vaccine exemption to security guard
Mayo Clinic is facing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court over allegedly threatening to fire a security guard for not wanting to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to his religious beliefs.
Citing his Pentecostal faith, guard asked Mayo to exempt him from its mandatory COVID vaccine policy. Mayo said no.
Mayo Clinic declined to respond to allegations in a federal EEOC lawsuit that it discriminated against a security guard by forcing him to get a COVID-19 vaccine or be fired.
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