I live in Florida. You are not in the right. You can choose masking over testing, testing over vaccine. But your employer must pay for and provide the masks and tests. Florida is at-will employment, so you can be fired for not wearing a mask.
the idea that a worker has a "right to work", without being forced to pay union dues to a labor union that he doesn't want to belong to.
making it illegal to make union membership a term of your employment.
at will:
where workers, or management, are not protected by any sort of long term work contract, and their employment can be terminated at any time, for any reason, or no reason at all.
supposedly the up-shot of "at will", is that the workers / managers are also free to leave at any time, given proper notice, which is usually 2 weeks.
compare that with a military enlistment, where "walking off the job" isn't an option.
Yeah, but typically they will find cause because they don't want to pay out unemployment. If they fire you because they don't like your glasses, you can say you were fired without cause and collect unemployment.
Yeah. It does mean what I think it means. The law doesn't protect you in this case. It says that vaccines can't be the only option. That employers must also allow people to do regular testing or masking... The law does not say that an employee can choose to do none of those. Hence, you can be fired if your employer requires masks in lieu of the vaccine.
Okay. But since you're a business owner, you should be aware that the FL statute does allows businesses to mandate the vaccine but requires them to allow employees to opt out to instead use either testing, or wearing PPE (which the employer is responsible for providing). The law doesn't allow employees to disregard the mandate AND the exemptions. Hence, one can be fired for choosing to not wear a mask as required by the law and company policy.
I live in Florida. You are not in the right. You can choose masking over testing, testing over vaccine. But your employer must pay for and provide the masks and tests. Florida is at-will employment, so you can be fired for not wearing a mask.
i think you confused right to work with 'at will' employment.
right to work:
the idea that a worker has a "right to work", without being forced to pay union dues to a labor union that he doesn't want to belong to.
making it illegal to make union membership a term of your employment.
at will:
where workers, or management, are not protected by any sort of long term work contract, and their employment can be terminated at any time, for any reason, or no reason at all.
supposedly the up-shot of "at will", is that the workers / managers are also free to leave at any time, given proper notice, which is usually 2 weeks.
compare that with a military enlistment, where "walking off the job" isn't an option.
Yeah, but typically they will find cause because they don't want to pay out unemployment. If they fire you because they don't like your glasses, you can say you were fired without cause and collect unemployment.
Let me guess...you like wearing a mask?
If your life were on the line, I sure hope that the only thing you're banking on isn't your guessing prowess.
Sorry for trying to properly inform someone before they did something they couldn't take back. How awful of me.
Being fired for not taking a medical test or wearing a mask feels like discrimination. I would be filing some lawsuits.
Yeah. It does feel like that; because it is. But it's not a protected class or anything so a lawsuit would be a very expensive long shot.
Yeah. It does mean what I think it means. The law doesn't protect you in this case. It says that vaccines can't be the only option. That employers must also allow people to do regular testing or masking... The law does not say that an employee can choose to do none of those. Hence, you can be fired if your employer requires masks in lieu of the vaccine.
Okay. But since you're a business owner, you should be aware that the FL statute does allows businesses to mandate the vaccine but requires them to allow employees to opt out to instead use either testing, or wearing PPE (which the employer is responsible for providing). The law doesn't allow employees to disregard the mandate AND the exemptions. Hence, one can be fired for choosing to not wear a mask as required by the law and company policy.