Wife’s work gave her a deadline of December 5 to get her vaccination or else she will lose our job. I’m in Kentucky and I’m searching for options. Ultimately I know nothing can be done until she is actually terminated but I’m looking for a good lawyer to take on a case against them. I’m also looking for resources that may stop this problem before it happens. We’re actively trying to have children and she doesn’t want the vaccine causing issues. I don’t want either of us to have the vaccine, period. Any information would help out a whole lot.
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The legal tip I heard was, say your rationale "in your own words" and then state the magical phrase "sincere personal beliefs".
If your employer has granted ANY Religious exemptions, and denies yours, this opens the door for EEO claims, as they are then stating that someone else's religion is more "equal" than yours.
Conversely, if your employer denies all Religious exemptions, they have violated the Civil Rights Laws, that mandate that Religious Exemptions are legal and must be respected
42 USC 2000bb-1 Free Exercise of Religion Protected:
(a) In general
Government shall not substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection (b).
(b) ExceptionGovernment may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person— (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.
(c) Judicial relief
A person whose religious exercise has been burdened in violation of this section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate relief against a government. Standing to assert a claim or defense under this section shall be governed by the general rules of standing under article III of the Constitution.
This worked for me.