In a case that has far-reaching implications, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Houston hospital employees who were ordered to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot or face termination.The federal case involved Houston Methodist, the first hospital system in the country to require all of its employees to be vaccinated.
US District Judge Lynn N. Hughes ruled Saturday that federal law does not prevent private employers from issuing that mandate.Houston Methodist put more than 170 of its 26,000 employees on unpaid suspension Monday for refusing to be vaccinated.
They were also warned they would be fired it they weren’t vaccinated by June 21.The hospital had already fired its director of corporate risk and another manager in April when they did
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