Articles Posted in Religion

These employees actually convinced a court to block a workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate. But how???

October 15, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

Ever since a federal judge in Texas upheld a workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate back in June, the consensus among judges and lawyers was that employers could require workers to get a COVID-19 shot as a condition of employment.

But, recently, the State of New York was accused of taking its vaccine mandate for hospital and nursing home staff to the next level. Continue reading

A judge wasn’t buying a plaintiff’s religious reasons to avoid a vaccine mandate. And, sometimes, neither should you.

September 21, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Yesterday, my friend Jon Hyman blogged about fetal stem cells and vaccine-mandate religious exemptions.

TL;DR. Any employee that refused the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines because they contain aborted fetal cells is full of 💩. They don’t. Consequently, any religious exemption request that an employee may make on that basis is objectively wrong. Continue reading

How does one major airline plan to accommodate religious vaccine exemptions? With unpaid leave.

September 9, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Several news outlets reported yesterday that a major airline that has already mandated employee vaccinations will begin placing employees on temporary unpaid leave if approved for a religious vaccine exemption. Continue reading

Don’t fall for this anti-vaxxer workplace hack.

August 12, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Hey, they can’t all be hip hop HR posts. But, you’ll be thanking me for helping to sleuth out what appears to be a big medical and religious COVID-19 vaccination accommodation scam now percolating on the West Coast and coming soon to a city near you. Continue reading

Should religious objectors be excepted from mandatory vaccine requirements at work?

August 6, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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I know this should be a “Monday” post, but, oh, what the heck. Continue reading

One of your employees objects to using transgender co-workers’ personal pronouns. Now what?

July 14, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Most employees are at-will; they can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. And intentionally misgendering a co-worker would be enough.

But, what if the employee objects on religious grounds? 🤔 Continue reading

Oh, hell no! Did an employer discriminate by not excusing a Christian employee from fingerprinting?

June 23, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seems to think so. Continue reading

A pepperoni pizza lesson about religious accommodations for employee COVID vaccinations

June 7, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Trust me; this will all make sense in a bit.

At least, I hope it does.

VIDEO: Amy and Eric explain what’s 🔥hot🔥 with the EEOC’s new COVID-19 💉guidance

June 1, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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On Friday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission posted updated and expanded technical assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading

Justices Alito, Gorusch, and (Thurgood) Marshall share the same views on … religious accommodations?!?

April 7, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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I know, right? Shocking!

But it’s true, and I’ll explain why. Continue reading

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