Appeals courts rules in favor of Mayo Clinic employees fired for refusing to be vaccinated
The court found a District Court judge erred when he ruled in 2023 to dismiss the wrongful termination cases involving five employees.
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The court found a District Court judge erred when he ruled in 2023 to dismiss the wrongful termination cases involving five employees.
The court found a District Court judge incorrectly ruled in 2023 to dismiss the wrongful termination cases involving five employees.
So says a federal appellate court, applying federal employment law, which requires employers to exempt religious objectors even from generally applicable job rules, unless exemption would impose an "undue hardship" on the employer.
More than two dozen former workers allege the clinic wrongly denied them religious exemptions.
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