( May 21, 2026, 2:05 PM EDT) -- TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma manufacturing company agreed to pay $4.25 million to more than 40 employees who were terminated after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine for religious and disability-related reasons as part of a consent decree entered to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it denied vaccination accommodation requests and fired the workers....