Former Employees Sue Health Care System After Allegedly Being Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine

The group of nearly 100 former employees who lost their jobs when Confluence Health enforced the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate filed a new lawsuit against their former employer alleging that they were fired in violation of state law which protected medical and religious accommodations.

In October 2021, Confluence Health — the region’s largest health care system — enforced the state’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, resulting in 23 resignations, 138 rejected exempted applications and 229 approved exemption applications.

Steve Lacy, attorney for the plaintiffs, filed the new lawsuit Wednesday in Douglas County Superior Court.

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