Mealey's (September 14, 2022, 7:58 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois in a Sept. 8 docket entry preliminarily approved a class settlement in a lawsuit by health care workers challenging their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine policy; the agreement includes a payment of more than $10.3 million and the revision of the company’s vaccine program to enhance accommodation procedures to employees with sincerely held religious beliefs....