FTA: The reason? In most states, if a person is fired with cause for violating company policy - such as mandatory vaccinations - they are not entitled to unemployment benefits and payments.
"Even something as simple as a dress code that says you have to wear a tie, and that's the company's policy, and you say, 'I don't believe in wearing a tie, so I'm not going to do it.' That's insubordination," says John T. Harrington, Principal at The Employment Law Group. "It's misconduct, and it would likely disqualify you from receiving unemployment benefits."
Harrington said there are only two exemptions to a vaccination requirement - medical or religious. In both cases, however, exemptions are determined on a case-by-case basis with employers. Just because one employee is granted a religious exemption, it doesn't mean that will extend to anyone else.
When I left the corporate world it was because I'd had to help orchestrate 6 downsizings in 7 years and all the fun had done out of that world. When it got to the 6th one, many really good people had already left, and I could tell the company wasn't going to last much longer (3 years later it was gone), so I put my own name on the list to be offloaded, took the severance package and never looked back. I had a plan for working from home, my plan was successful, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.