Vaccine-Based Religious Bias Claims Skyrocketed at EEOC in 2022

The number of complaints lodged by workers claiming they were discriminated against based on their religious beliefs increased six-fold last year, according to new data from the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The agency—which enforces federal laws that prohibit workplace discrimination—received 13,814 complaints from workers alleging illegal religion-based discrimination in fiscal year 2022, up from just 2,111 the previous year. The increase in those charges was due to a large volume of workers alleging vaccine-related religious discrimination, the EEOC said Monday.

The total number of discrimination charges received by the EEOC last year also increased by nearly 20%, rising from ...