Hospital CEO Predicts More Vaccine Mandates The following day, 178 workers were suspended for two weeks without pay for noncompliance with the immunization requirement. The hospital had required employees to complete immunization by June 7.

The plaintiffs in the case have appealed the district court's decision to the 5th U.S.

In dismissing the lawsuit, Hughes said the employees who didn't like the vaccination mandate had the option to work elsewhere. is refusing to accept inoculation that, in the hospital's judgment, will make it safer for their workers and the patients in Methodist's care.' District Court for the Southern District of Texas said, 'This claim is false, and it is also irrelevant. In a June 12 order dismissing the lawsuit, judge Lynn Hughes of the U.S. They argued that the hospital's requirement violated public policy, since the COVID-19 vaccines were distributed under the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Emergency Use Authorization rather than the FDA's usual processes. The lawsuit was filed against Houston Methodist by 117 unvaccinated employees who were told to get vaccinated or lose their jobs. The hospital had reached almost full compliance with the mandate, with fewer than 200 suspended for not yet complying.Ī federal judge in Texas upheld the hospital system's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy by dismissing a lawsuit that claimed vaccines against the coronavirus are experimental. Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom said earlier this month that 24,947 employees were fully vaccinated. We've gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other trusted media outlets.Įmployees who complied with the mandatory vaccination policy during the suspension period returned to work the day after they became compliant, according to a hospital spokesperson. On June 12, a judge dismissed a lawsuit some workers had filed against Houston Methodist regarding its vaccine mandate. The employees had two weeks to get the vaccine after they were suspended on June 8 for not following the mandate. More than 150 Houston Methodist employees have resigned or were fired, following the hospital system's requirement they get a COVID-19 vaccine to remain employed.

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