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Shell Faces Religious Bias Suit Over COVID Vaccine Mandate
By Grace Elletson · Dec 2, 2022, 5:18 PM EST
A Shell worker hit one of the oil giant’s subsidiaries with a Texas federal court suit claiming his religious rights were violated when the company refused to grant him an exempton to its requirement that all offshore workers get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Tim Spencer sued Shell Exploration & Production Co. on Thursday, saying it violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by enforcing the vaccination requirement on him. It then retaliated against him by placing him on a disciplinary development plan a%er he filed a religious bias charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, he said.
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ORIGINAL COMPLAINT SPENCER v SHELL