Employee Who Refused COVID Vaccination, Testing Settles With Former Employer

( April 27, 2026, 1:03 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A county employee who sued her employer for constructive discharge based on its COVID-19 vaccination-or-test policy reached a settlement with the county after a panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of the lawsuit by a Minnesota federal court, having found that the employee’s refusal to comply with the policy was based on sincerely held religious beliefs....