Loading ...Chicago Federal Judge Blocks Hospital From Putting Unvaccinated Workers On Unpaid Leave
“U.S. District Judge John Kness on Friday issued a temporary restraining order against the hospital system.
“They can’t be fired and they can’t be placed on what is effectively, in my mind, unpaid leave,” Kness said during a hearing on the lawsuit, reported the Chicago Tribune.
NorthShore is “going to have to keep paying them. If you wish to require them to show up to work and use [personal protective equipment] and go through testing because you need the help and you don’t want to pay them to be off site, that’s up to the hospital,” he added.
Liberty Counsel said that more than a week ago, “NorthShore had already started purging those employees with sincere religious objections to its ‘Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy’” and removed many employees with religious exemptions from its November work schedule. ”