United Airlines announced that it would be changing its policy and that unvaccinated workers would be allowed to return to their normal positions by March 28.
A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the district court erred in denying United Airlines’ employees a preliminary injunction because they had suffered irreparable harm.
A North Texas United Airlines pilot and other employees are seeking relief after a district judge declined to prevent the airline from placing the employees, who sought vaccine exemptions, on unpaid leave.
A North Texas pilot is part of a class action lawsuit filed against United Airlines for failing to reasonably accommodate religious and medical refusals of COVID-19 vaccines.
