Mayo Clinic to Pay $50K to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit over COVID-19 Vaccine

Mayo Clinic to pay $50,000 to worker denied religious exemption to COVID vax

Share This StoryMayo Clinic will pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the federal government after it “unlawfully denied” an employee’s request for a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine. The lawsuit was first filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in July 2025 and centered on Mayo’s vaccine mandate issued in October […]

Mayo Clinic settles suit over denied vaccine exemption

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit after Mayo Clinic rejected the Rochester employee's accommodation request in December 2021.

Mayo Clinic to pay $50K to settle religious discrimination lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine

Mayo Clinic will pay $50,000 after the U.S. EEOC found it unlawfully denied a religious exemption request for the COVID-19 vaccine.

EEOC lawsuit against Mayo Clinic concludes

A federal judge signed off on an agreement between the two parties. The case stemmed from the denial of an employee's religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine.