Chicago-Area Health System Agrees To Settlement Of $10.3M, Vaccine Program Revision

Mealey's (August 3, 2022, 11:22 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — NorthShore University HealthSystem and certain workers filed a joint motion in a federal court in Illinois on July 29 seeking preliminary approval of a class settlement including a payment of more than $10.3 million and the revision of its vaccine program to enhance accommodation procedures to employees with sincerely held religious beliefs in order to end a complaint by the health care workers that the company’s COVID-19 vaccine policy violated their religious beliefs....