UNC Rex Healthcare has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit alleging discrimination against an employee who refused the COVID vaccine for religious reasons.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit claimed REX granted the employee, Heather Goeller, religious exemptions for the flu vaccine in 2019 and 2020 but denied four requests for exemption from the COVID vaccine. She was working remotely during the pandemic and did not have contact with patients. In 2021, Rex fired Goeller for refusing to get vaccinated…