Aviation Worker Advances Covid-19 Vaccine Bias, Overtime Claims

Pentastar Aviation LLC must face allegations that it discriminated against a religious flight attendant who sought a Covid-19 vaccine mandate exemption and ran afoul of overtime protections, a federal judge said.

The worker sufficiently pleaded religious accommodation and disparate treatment claims, and her complaint adequately alleged that the aviation company, which she says exclusively serves General Motors Co., willfully failed to properly pay her—and other flight attendants—for their overtime hours, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan said.

Plaintiff Laura Horne unsuccessfully asked Pentastar to exempt her from its vaccine mandate because of her religious beliefs. ...