Government “leaders” flipped out during the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting worship services and refusing to grant religious exceptions for the so-called vaccine.
Businesses also joined in. Forcing employees who go to the office to be vaccinated is one thing, but forcing fully remote employees to do the same? It was doomed to fail.
First Liberty Institute announced that a former remote employee at one company has settled her complaint to the tune of $200,000.
Arrow Electronics fired Maria Govea after she refused the vaccine based on her religious beliefs. The company rejected her request for a religious accommodation.
Govea filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The agency investigated, and Arrow Electronics settled the case.
“As people of faith confront a hostile corporate culture, it’s perhaps more important than ever to understand what the law says about religious discrimination and accommodation,” said Cliff Martin, senior counsel at First Liberty. “We are grateful that the EEOC held corporate America to our country’s historic commitment to religious freedom.”
These stringent and illogical requirements have backfired.
Kaiser Permanente fired Mimi Weiss, a Jewish Christian and fully remote employee, for refusing the vaccine. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in July ruled in her favor.
A hospital system in Illinois and Wisconsin called Mercyhealth paid over $1 million in back pay and damages to employees who were fired or endured wage deductions for refusing the vaccine.
There are many more cases like this. Christians have the law on their side.
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