A Michigan hospital has agreed to pay $410,000 to settle a religious-accommodation lawsuit brought by a physician assistant who said they were dismissed over the organisation’s transgender policy. The settlement highlights continuing disputes over how employers balance anti-discrimination policies with staff members’ religious objections.

The case concerned a physician assistant’s claim that the hospital failed to accommodate their religious beliefs in relation to transgender-related workplace requirements. The agreement resolves the lawsuit without the supplied article text detailing any admission of wrongdoing by the hospital.