"Ultimately, beliefs amounting to a declaration that an employee has the right to make unilateral decisions do not constitute religious beliefs, even where religion is expressly invoked in communicating the beliefs," the court said in dismissing some of the plaintiffs' religious discrimination claims.
October 19, 2023 at 02:54 PM
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A federal judge in Maryland denied several former AstraZeneca employees’ ADA and religious discrimination claims after they were fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, concluding they weren’t discriminated against for religious reasons or disabilities.
The court did, however, allow some of the plaintiffs’ religious discrimination claims against the company to stand.
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