Three former employees of Chattanooga-based BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee have filed a federal lawsuit against the company claiming they were terminated for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine and the company declined to extend them a religious exemption.
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“Defendant decided that unvaccinated employees — even those who defendant admits have sincerely held religious objections to the vaccine — were to be terminated from their employment despite their sincerely held religious beliefs and the reasonableness of their accommodation requests,” the lawsuit filed this month said.