Jacqueline Colson v. Hennepin County, Minnesota

An employer granted an employee an exemption from the COVID vaccine because of her sincerely held religious beliefs but denied the same employee an exemption from weekly testing based on the same expressed beliefs. Failure to comply with the employer’s testing mandate could result in discipline, including termination. The question presented is: Whether an employer's threat of discipline or termination for failing to do weekly testing for COVID, and forcing an employee to choose between following her religious beliefs or losing her job, is considered an adverse employment action sufficient to state a claim under Title VII’s failure to accommodate provisions.