May 24, 2024
The Eighth Circuit on Friday reinstated five workers' claims that the Mayo Clinic illegally disregarded their Christian faith by firing them after they refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular testing, saying a trial court was wrong when it found the workers weren't sincere enough in their beliefs.
January 16, 2024
Five former Mayo Clinic employees urged the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday to revive their religious discrimination suits claiming the medical center unlawfully refused to excuse them from the COVID-19 vaccine, arguing that a lower court was wrong to say their objections weren't sufficiently tied to religion.
November 03, 2023
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Eighth Circuit to revive two Mayo Clinic workers' suits claiming the medical center unlawfully refused requests to skip the COVID-19 vaccine because of their Christian beliefs, saying a trial court's view of federal religious protections was too narrow.