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Health Aide Fired for Not Getting Vaccinated Entitled to Unemployment Benefits

An employee who was terminated because she would not comply with a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for religious reasons is entitled to unemployment insurance, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled. The state’s high court denied a bid by Fallon Community Health …

Virginia Security Firm Settles Religious Discrimination Claim Over Employee’s Beard

Triple Canopy, Inc. a Reston, Virginia-based company that provides protective services to federal agencies, will pay a former employee $110,759 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …

Supreme Court Buoys Religious Employees Who Seek Accommodations at Work

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday bolstered the ability of employees to obtain accommodations at work for their religious practices, reviving a lawsuit by an evangelical Christian former mail carrier accusing the Postal Service of discrimination after being disciplined for …

Supreme Court Tackles Religious Bias Claim Against Postal Service

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear an evangelical Christian former mail carrier’s claim of religious discrimination against the U.S. Postal Service after he was disciplined for refusing to work on Sundays in a case that could …

Pennsylvania Mail Carrier Case Tests ‘Reasonable Accommodation’ for Religion

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by an evangelical Christian former mail carrier in Pennsylvania who accused the U.S. Postal Service of religious bias after being reprimanded for refusing to deliver packages on Sundays. The …

High Court Takes 8 New Cases, 1 About a Religious Mailman

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider what employers must do to accommodate religious employees, among eight new cases it added. The cases are expected to be argued in April. In one involving a former postal employee, the justices …

United Airlines to Pay Buddhist Pilot $305K to Settle Religious Discrimination Claim

United Airlines will pay $305,000 to a Buddhist pilot and will provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency’s New York office announced. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, …

Nurse Practitioner Claims CVS Fired Her Over Her Abortion Stance

A nurse practitioner from northern Virginia sued CVS Health on Wednesday, saying she was fired for refusing to provide abortion-inducing drugs at its MinuteClinic medical facilities. In the lawsuit, Paige Casey said CVS had for years granted her a religious …

Supreme Court Declines to Hear New York Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers

The Supreme Court declined on Thursday to take up a case involving a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that does not offer an exemption for religious reasons. The court’s action follows a decision in December …

Ohio Teen’s Suit Says Coaches Made Him Eat Pizza Despite Religion

An Ohio high school football player who says coaches forced him to eat a pizza covered with pepperoni grease in violation of his religious beliefs is suing his former district and the ousted coaches. The former Canton McKinley High School …