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According to Jill Smith, 153 employees either quit in the two-week suspension period that began on June 8 or ended on Tuesday.
Employees who complied with the mandatory vaccination policy during the suspension period returned to work the next day because they became compliant, Smith told CNN in an email Tuesday evening.
Houston Methodist on March 31 became the first major healthcare system in the country to mandate Covid-19 vaccinations, starting with managers, according to an initial announcement from Houston Methodist CEO Mark Baum.
More than 100 hospital employees involved in the lawsuit claimed that the vaccines were “experimental and dangerous”, and that it would be a termination “wrong” to refuse to receive the vaccination.
The hospital responded that the allegations were not true, and that workers are protected from termination under Texas law only if they refuse to commit a criminal act that carries criminal penalties.
The three vaccines used in the United States currently have emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but they have not yet received full FDA approval.
Staff were to have had a Covid-19 vaccine by June 7, CNN previously reported.
Houston Methodist said it had no information on how many employees have resigned and how many have been fired.
Baum said earlier this month that 24,947 employees had been fully vaccinated and that the hospital had reached nearly full compliance with the mandate, with fewer than 200 suspended due to non-compliance yet.
The Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in December that companies can legally mandate that all employees who enter the workplace again and new hires be vaccinated against Covid-19. The only exceptions allowed are for disabilities and religious reasons.
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