I often pray with patients, while respecting people’s own faith and beliefs. I also believe God has released information to this generation, which has been building over several centuries.
Texas Medical Practice to Pay $375K in Religious Discrimination, Retaliation Case March 15, 2021
A Texas-based medical practice that federal officials say subjected employees to religious discrimination and retaliation will pay $375,000 to settle the case following a judgement by a federal court.
Tim Shepherd M.D., P.A. and Bridges Healthcare, P.A., doing business as Shepherd Healthcare, a medical practice in Flower Mound, Texas, will furnish other relief as well, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity.
According to the EEOC’s suit (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Tim Shepherd M.D., P.A. and Bridges Healthcare, P.A., Civil Action No.4:20-cv-60-SDJ), Shepherd Healthcare conducted mandatory meetings each morning that involved prayer and a reading of Biblical verses, including discussion of how those principles applied to the employees’ personal lives.
Flower Mound doctor fined by federal court after EEOC charged him with forcing prayer meetings in the workplace
Doctor disputes they were mandatory, says he believes employees cooperated because ‘they were told they’d be paid $50,000 in damages’
File photo.(Andy Jacobsohn / Staff Photographer)
A U.S. District Court in Plano has ordered a Flower Mound physician to pay $375,000 to employees who were required to start their workdays with mandatory prayer meetings.
The court found that actions by Dr. Tim Shepherd, Bridges Healthcare and Shepherd Healthcare violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects employees from being required to accept their employer’s religious practices and beliefs as a condition of their employment.
Employees Subjected to Religious Discrimination and Retaliation - DALLAS – Tim Shepherd M.D., P.A. and Bridges Healthcare, P.A., doing business as Shepherd Healthcare, a.