Corpos have all of the "legal" protections where they know they can get away with these things, as long as they put up a fight. Title VII clearly states (as you mentioned) the person filing is declaring their exemption, not asking the corpos "permission" for allowing the exemption. I phrased my exemption that way, but in the end it didn't matter. My former employer also said that giving me the exemption would cause "undue hardship" - my lawfirm said that all corpos use this copout to get out of accepting a person's exemption. The hard part is proving the undue hardship.
Regardless, it's an uphill battle for anyone and it sucks. It just (further) proves to me that we have no rights or protections...only what the "elites" grant us. Not that any of us on a Q board need more confirmation, but it gets real, real quick when it's hitting you right in the face in real life :(
Corpos have all of the "legal" protections where they know they can get away with these things, as long as they put up a fight. Title VII clearly states (as you mentioned) the person filing is declaring their exemption, not asking the corpos "permission" for allowing the exemption. I phrased my exemption that way, but in the end it didn't matter. My former employer also said that giving me the exemption would cause "undue hardship" - my lawfirm said that all corpos use this copout to get out of accepting a person's exemption. The hard part is proving the undue hardship.
Regardless, it's an uphill battle for anyone and it sucks. It just (further) proves to me that we have no rights or protections...only what the "elites" grant us. Not that any of us on a Q board need more confirmation, but it gets real, real quick when it's hitting you right in the face in real life :(