As far as im aware, no employer is supposed to question religious beliefs..
Religious exemptions will only apply to job tasks specifically, not to health policies required by the job.
If your wife signed documentation to work at her job (which she probably did), there is nothing she can do to "fight" back. The point of an employer having you sign legal documentation is to protect the employer. So if your wife chooses not to abide by the employer policies, the employer can show that she signed an agreement beforehand.
If the employer's contract says that the employee must abide by all of Company X's policies or be terminated, then it doesn't matter what is added later on (I have experienced this). The contract is made to protect the employer.
Replace the word "contract" with "legal agreement" or "company policies". I'm generalizing the term because it's the same wherever you go.
Every giant company in America has you sign legal paperwork to work for them. The paperwork is designed to protect the company, as I said earlier.
Most people don't read the fine print because they just want to work. So they say, "yes, company X, I will agree to work for you". Not realizing that they are also agreeing to the company's policies (whatever those may be).
The employer has attempted to change the contract after the fact.
If the employer's contract says that the employee must abide by all of Company X's policies or be terminated, then it doesn't matter what is added later on (I have experienced this). The contract is made to protect the employer.
Also, I wonder if OP's wife can pay legal fees to fight this company? Not many people can, and even if she can, the odds are against her. Most workers do not have the financial luxury to fight their employer, and most lawyers advise against it because it's far less damaging to just get fired.
I no longer work for them, but why would I fight it? Do you know how much legal fees cost? It would be tens of thousands of dollars to not win a court case. As I said earlier, most workers do not have the financial luxury to fight their employer, and most lawyers advise against it because it's unlikely the employee will win.
Every giant company in America has you sign legal paperwork to work for them. That paperwork is designed to protect the company. Most people don't read the fine print because they just want to work. So they say, "yes, company X, I will agree to work for you". Not realizing that they are also agreeing to the company's policies (whatever those may be).
I'm literally just explaining how companies in America work. Welcome to Capitalism, where the employee has less power than the employer, it's as simple as that.
Don't rag on Capitalism. No employer in the history of the country has ever required such things as a mandated vaccine. The level of douchebaggery solely relies on the employer. My wife happens to work for a douchebag employer.
Religious exemptions will only apply to job tasks specifically, not to health policies required by the job.
If your wife signed documentation to work at her job (which she probably did), there is nothing she can do to "fight" back. The point of an employer having you sign legal documentation is to protect the employer. So if your wife chooses not to abide by the employer policies, the employer can show that she signed an agreement beforehand.
Pretty sure nobody signed up for COVID vaccines, before COVID vaccines were even invented.
If the employer's contract says that the employee must abide by all of Company X's policies or be terminated, then it doesn't matter what is added later on (I have experienced this). The contract is made to protect the employer.
Why would anyone sign a “contract” that is subject to change based on the whims of one party?
Replace the word "contract" with "legal agreement" or "company policies". I'm generalizing the term because it's the same wherever you go.
Every giant company in America has you sign legal paperwork to work for them. The paperwork is designed to protect the company, as I said earlier.
Most people don't read the fine print because they just want to work. So they say, "yes, company X, I will agree to work for you". Not realizing that they are also agreeing to the company's policies (whatever those may be).
The employer has attempted to change the contract after the fact.
That makes it a unilateral contract of adhesion, and changes the game.
Also, the employer cannot implement a policy that can harm the employee when that policy is based on fraud.
If the employer's contract says that the employee must abide by all of Company X's policies or be terminated, then it doesn't matter what is added later on (I have experienced this). The contract is made to protect the employer.
Also, I wonder if OP's wife can pay legal fees to fight this company? Not many people can, and even if she can, the odds are against her. Most workers do not have the financial luxury to fight their employer, and most lawyers advise against it because it's far less damaging to just get fired.
You didn't fight it. So, they won by default.
I no longer work for them, but why would I fight it? Do you know how much legal fees cost? It would be tens of thousands of dollars to not win a court case. As I said earlier, most workers do not have the financial luxury to fight their employer, and most lawyers advise against it because it's unlikely the employee will win.
Every giant company in America has you sign legal paperwork to work for them. That paperwork is designed to protect the company. Most people don't read the fine print because they just want to work. So they say, "yes, company X, I will agree to work for you". Not realizing that they are also agreeing to the company's policies (whatever those may be).
Whose side are you on...?
Side?
I'm literally just explaining how companies in America work. Welcome to Capitalism, where the employee has less power than the employer, it's as simple as that.
Don't rag on Capitalism. No employer in the history of the country has ever required such things as a mandated vaccine. The level of douchebaggery solely relies on the employer. My wife happens to work for a douchebag employer.
I agree, and think employer douchebaggery is typically the norm.
This is actually not true, but it was a random rumor floating around for a while (like lots of things these days).