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NorthShore to pay $10 million settlement over vaccine mandate

A woman walks on the sidewalk in front of NorthShore Skokie Hospital sign in Skokie, Ill., Friday, March 27, 2020. Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a stay-at-home order for the entire state, which went into effect on March 21, 2020 and lasts through at least April 7. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

NorthShore to pay $10 million settlement over vaccine mandate

By  Lynnea Domienik
   

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NorthShore University HealthSystem has agreed to pay a $10.3 million settlement to workers who filed a lawsuit over religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. NorthShore has also agreed to rehire any employees who were fired for not getting vaccinated for religious reasons.

Reset gets the details from a reporter and hears analysis from a legal expert.

GUESTS: Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune healthcare reporter

Randall Schmidt, clinical professor of law and director of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School

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