United Healthcare Sued for Denying Covid Vax Religious Exemption

The EEOC has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against United Healthcare Services Inc. in Ohio, the agency said Wednesday.

United allegedly didn’t grant a clinical administration supervisor who was a full-time telecommuter a religious exemption from the company’s Covid-19 vaccine requirement, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Even though the vaccination policy allegedly didn’t apply to full-time telecommuters, the employee was allegedly told to get the vaccine within 30 days or be fired. Her two requests for religious accommodation were also allegedly denied, which violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the EEOC said.

The agency ...