A Pacific Northwest non-profit healthcare system presented sufficient evidence that the Covid-19 vaccine exemptions some employees had asked for would’ve been an undue hardship, a federal court ruled.
All of the workers held positions requiring close, consistent, and frequent in-person contact with patients and staff, and had religious objections to the Covid-19 vaccine. Legacy Health showed that “allowing certain staff members with increased risk of carrying and spreading COVID-19 to continue close interaction with patients and staff would have ‘substantial’ ‘ramifications’” on its business, the US District Court for the Western District of Washington said Thursday.
“Numerous district courts have ...
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