Fired Worker Who Refused Vaccine Did Not Show Religious Conflict With Vaccination

( April 10, 2026, 12:05 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — Adopting a federal magistrate judge’s findings and recommendation, an Oregon federal judge granted an employer’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit by a former employee who alleged that the company failed to make a good faith effort to accommodate her religious beliefs when it terminated her for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine pursuant to company policy during the pandemic....