I inquired asking if being tested weekly (which is being treated differently than anyone else) is grounds for a discrimination case against the business I work for. My lawyer wrote back and confirmed.
Hello,
You are correct that there is a lot of science to back up your position. Ultimately you are saying that the weekly swab is not a reasonable accomodation and you want to re-negotiate.
An employee offered no accommodation or that regards certain accommodations as unreasonable, can make a proposal of a ‘reasonable’ accommodation to HR. The EEOC expects a dialog and the employer is required to review other options and also provide Measurable, Quantifiable proof why accommodations proposed by the employee are not feasible (would cause undue hardship to the employer). A mere verbal claim of undue hardship is not sufficient.
Accommodations are something that is meant to be discussed and agreed upon between employee and employer and the EEOC expects a negotiation until both sides agree on what is reasonable. Otherwise, according to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII, you are being discriminated against and have a legitimate legal claim against your employer
I still don't get this unvaccinated weekly testing alternative crap being put out. The "vaccine" does not prevent you from getting or spreading covid, and if it actually works as describes and lessens your symptoms then wouldn't you be even more likely to spread it since you might not even think you're sick? If anything, it makes more sense to do weekly tests on the vaccinated if you're worried about covid spread.
The weekly testing stick is to entice people to obtain a few jabs to avoid the "hassle" of weekly testing.
And weekly testing is also doing potential harm if the swabs are not made of cotton.
They need to do spit tests. The nasal thing is OUT, unless it’s just at the entrance...not way back. That’s such BS at this point.
At this point I would say no to the spit tests too. This madness has to end somehow.