The issue here is what it would take to minimize the risk posed by an unvaccinated employee.
Constitution and federal law, particularly Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which requires private companies to make “reasonable accommodations” for workers who have “sincerely held” religious beliefs that conflict with vaccination.Įmployers hoping to stand on firm legal footing need to look at each employee’s request and go through an interactive process with the employee to seek a reasonable accommodation for sincerely held beliefs. The protections for religious objectors are in California law, the U.S. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of vaccine mandates more than 100 years ago, but has made it clear that employers can’t run roughshod over their workers’ religious beliefs.
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Nicholas De Blouw, an employment attorney and partner at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw in Los Angeles, said he’s getting calls “every single day” from people facing a vaccine mandate - including three in about 20 minutes on Wednesday morning.īut what are the rules surrounding religious exemptions? What constitutes a “sincerely held” belief? And how much leeway do employers have when faced with a torrent of exemption claims based on religion? The Times talked to experts in employment law and religious rights, and here are their answers to these and other questions. Federal employees are already required to be vaccinated even if they work from home, with no testing alternative, and a similar requirement is being developed for federal contractors and subcontractors. And they may be the leading edge of the wave of workers seeking exemptions, as the federal government is preparing to require employers with 100 or more workers to order vaccinations or weekly coronavirus testing for all employees. Hundreds of Los Angeles firefighters have sought exemptions from the city’s vaccine mandate for religious or medical reasons, and thousands of Los Angeles Police Department employees are expected to do the same.
Or rather, “sincerely held religious beliefs” that, they say, prevent them from getting the shots. As more employers require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, more workers are finding religion.
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