Michigan hospital pays $410K to settle lawsuit by physician assistant fired over transgender policy

Valerie Kloosterman, a physician assistant at a Michigan hospital, received a $410,000 settlement after being fired three weeks following her request for a religious accommodation from mandatory gender identity training. The hospital had required all staff to complete the training as part of its policies. Kloosterman filed a lawsuit claiming the termination violated her rights to religious accommodation under federal employment law.

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