Arizona AG sues Tucson over its COVID vaccine mandate
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Attorney General Mark Brnovich is suing the city of Tucson for mandating its employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 last August, alleging the mandate’s implementation was discriminatory and violated state law.
The Arizona Attorney General’s office filed a civil complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court on Tuesday outlying allegations that the city “discriminated against employees based on disability and/or religion, and engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination” when it mandated employees get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the complaint.
The Tucson City Council voted in August 2021 to require its more than 4,000 employees to get vaccinated or face five-day, unpaid suspensions.
Unvaccinated employees could be subject to weekly testing requirements, more stringent mask-wearing guidelines, travel restrictions and eligibility restrictions for certain assignments, while vaccinated employees could be rewarded with a floating holiday and restoration of 80 hours of pandemic leave.
It’s unclear how many city employees were granted and denied exemptions to the vaccine mandate.
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