The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear from a group of healthcare workers seeking exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine at a Massachusetts-based medical facility.
Justice Stephen Breyer, who handles emergency filings in the region, denied the request without comment. The rejection comes less than a week after employees at Mass General Brigham in Boston sought the highest court’s attention after being denied medical and religious vaccine exemptions.
At least eight employees at MGB backed the petition, claiming they were either fired or placed on unpaid leave for refusing vaccination.
Despite being denied exemptions, petitioners claimed the employer had granted more than 230 exemptions in other cases.
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Update: Without calling for a response or referring the case to the full court, Justice Breyer just rejected last week’s challenge from Massachusetts hospital workers who object to the hospital’s COVID vaccine mandate.
(Breyer handles emergency requests from Massachusetts.) https://t.co/rwJWKJ1XuH
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) November 29, 2021
Challengers to the mandate also claimed the hospital violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits religious discrimination in employment.
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The Supreme Court previously rejected vaccine mandate challenges by Maine healthcare workers, New York City public school teachers, and a group of students at Indiana University.
