While a majority of every other major religious group says their faith doesn't include a valid reason to refuse the vaccine, just 41% of white evangelicals believe the same. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says employers must provide reasonable accommodations for workers who have sincerely held religious beliefs unless doing so poses an undue hardship. I pray that this exemption request is accepted and ask God to give us all clarity in this situation. You are free to republish this piece both online and in print, and we encourage you to do so with the embed code provided below. United Airlines recently denied several employees' requests for religious exemptions from the airline's vaccine mandate. Just 39% of Americans support a blanket religious exemption excuse, meaning that anyone who says the vaccine is against their faith doesn't have to get it. Romn Hernndez, a labor and employment attorney with Troutman Pepper in Portland, Ore., says historically, courts have upheld unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation in religious exemption cases. State law generally governs whether college students and kids in kindergarten through high school can ask to be exempted from receiving the various vaccines required for enrollment. Signage is displayed inside the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. Courts Clash Over Religious Exemptions for Vaccine Mandates, Religious Suits Over Covid Shots Reveal Edge for Private Sector, Religious Vaccine Objections to Clash With Employer Defense, Fear of Losing Religious Exemption No Basis for Vaccine Lawsuit, Civil rights agency releases its internal form, Religious exemption requests rising in pandemic. Do you have something you want us to Verify? Make sure that when you write your form, you have the exact amount of spaces to leave for the person to answer. Taylor Duty, an attorney at JJH Law who specializes in employment law, said employers can ask for additional information if an exemption has been requested. But already, there are employers who have been less accommodating. In Los Angeles, roughly a quarter of the police department is expected to seek religious exemptions. The permission and form can be an acknowledgement letter regarding that the head of your religious sector does not allow you to take the COVID vaccination because of your religious beliefs and values. "We will be reviewing that each religious exemption that is requested is based on bona fide beliefs, Reese said. The form suggests asking questions such as pointing to the policy that conflicts with a workers religious belief, the nature of the practice or observance, and what accommodation the worker is requesting.
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