-=> Mike Powell wrote to MARK HOFMANN <=-

 MP> IMHO, it is some sort of payback for not getting the shot.  I think you
 MP> are right... for the time being, people who have both shots and at
 MP> least one bootser are still getting it.  Keeping people off the payroll
 MP> just because they didn't go along with it is counter-productive at this
 MP> point.

Evidently some of those workers have exacted revenge where it hurts the
most: the bottom line...

From: https://tinyurl.com/2s3bsbas (theepochtimes.com)

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   Health Care Workers Who Sued Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Win $10 Million
                                   Settlement

   By Zachary Stieber
   July 29, 2022 Updated: July 29, 2022

   A group of health care workers who sued their hospital over a COVID-19
   vaccine mandate are slated to receive $10 million, according to a
   settlement agreement filed on July 29.

   About a dozen workers at the NorthShore University HealthSystem in
   Illinois lodged the suit in October 2021, arguing that the facility was
   illegally not granting religious exemptions to the mandate.

   After eight months of negotiations, the workers and NorthShore "have
   agreed to settle this case," according to a memorandum filed in federal
   court.

   Under the settlement's terms, NorthShore will pay $10,337,500 into a
   settlement fund for workers affected by its mandate-specifically, workers
   who between July 1, 2021, and Jan. 1, 2022, asked for a religious
   accommodation and were denied and either received a vaccine to avoid
   termination or were fired or resigned. About 473 workers fit under that
   category.

   NorthShore will also adjust its vaccine mandate "to enhance its
   accommodation procedures for individuals with approved exemptions for
   sincerely held religious belief."

   Workers fired because they refused to get vaccinated due to their
   religious beliefs are eligible to apply for re-employment.

   U.S. District Judge John Kness, the Trump appointee overseeing the case,
   was asked to approve the proposed settlement.

   Liberty Counsel, the legal group representing the platiniffs, described
   the settlement as a first-of-its-kind for an action against a private
   employer who denied hundreds of requests for religious exemptions to a
   COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

   "The drastic policy change and substantial monetary relief required by the
   settlement will bring a strong measure of justice to NorthShore's
   employees who were callously forced to choose between their conscience and
   their jobs," Horatio Mihet, vice president of legal affairs at the group,
   said in a statement.

   "This settlement should also serve as a strong warning to employers across
   the nation that they cannot refuse to accommodate those with sincere
   religious objections to forced vaccination mandates," he added.

Fund

   If the agreement is approved, affected workers could apply for money from
   the $10 million fund.

   Each worker who eventually got a vaccine despite raising religious
   objections would be eligible for approximately $3,000 while those who were
   fired or resigned could get up to about $25,000, according to estimates.

   The final amounts will depend on how many workers apply for money, among
   other factors.

   In addition, the agreement sets aside $260,000 for the named plaintiffs in
   the case. Each would be slated to receive about $20,000, on top of the
   other funds.

   Liberty Counsel is also asking for $2 million in attorneys fees, or about
   20 percent of the total settlement.
===

Serves the health care industry right by pushing poison as a cure.

-- Sean

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