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BART workers fired over COVID vaccine mandate to get over $1M each, federal jury rules
Oct 27, 2024
A federal jury has sided with fired BART workers who sued the agency, claiming they lost their jobs because of a COVID vaccine mandate.
There are six of them in total in the lawsuit, and each will receive more than $1 million.
The employees demanded religious exemptions from the vaccine mandate, but say they were not accommodated by the transit agency and subsequently lost their jobs.
BART initially granted vaccine exemptions, but the plaintiffs claim they were not honored. An accommodation could have meant they were able to work from home or be tested regularly for COVID. They claim neither happened, and they lost their jobs.
In total, BART must now pay a combined $7.8 million to all six former employees.
BART is a transit agency that is already $350 million to $400 million in the red, but BART’s board voted eight to one in favor of the 2021 vaccine mandate.
BART did not comment on Wednesday’s decision.
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