Did anyone get approved religious accommodation for COVID-19 testing? What kind of questions or information will be asked during the meeting with Employee Relations Consultant? I have this meeting next week and any tips or information is greatly appreciated.
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Zero.
Another excuse not to protect public health due to freedumb.
If they put as much effort in their job, they might have gone somewhere. Probably not living up to their teams goals there either.
My values and beliefs have changed since this whole mess started. It is obvious that there are many conflicts of interest at play here. I guess if humans are involved, we can’t just take anything at face value. We need to keep our guard up and be careful about trusting anyone.
I see my question about the lack of religious texts backing up the anti-vax argument got someone to spam vote it. A little too revealing of a question for the imaginary friend types?
religious exemption - you need to demonstrate a "sincerely held belief" and that belief is inconsistent with the method of testing. To apply this to testing you'd have to prove that something in your sincerely held belief prohibits you from having a sterile swab in your nose... 'cause that's the extent of the test. It is not showing your 'sincerely held belief' is that nobody has the right to force you to demonstrate you are disease free - that's a political/personal belief, not a religious one. So good luck with that.
RE for vaccination is different. certain religions don't take any vaccinations at all... or won't take specific vaccinations due to ingredients sourcing.
Whatever your religion is, I suspect your deity looks down upon lying in his/her name. Stop acting like your political objections are religious ones.
No, however, I will be seeking a religious accommodation to not do any work but still get paid AND to bring my service boa constrictor with me everywhere, including RTO!
@rvg+1fHbhsRc
Title 7 does not give you the right to completely make stuff up. You need to learn the law a little better.
It also does not cover you if you lied on, ignored, or otherwise dishonestly filled out the vaccination status emails or forms.
Asking for a pastor’s note could potentially be in violation of Title VII since a pastor’s note is not required to prove religious beliefs. Title VII is very clear that a person’s religious beliefs do not need to mirror the beliefs of a religious organization.
A person could believe that measures being used for the first time in history to combat this are Satanically-inspired and contravene New Testament scripture. If someone believes this was all satan’s work, then clearly testing would go against that person’s sincerely held beliefs.
The bigger question is how the EEOC will view Wells Fargo deciding not to make accommodations, and whether that is reasonable if accommodations have been made for other people.
They will ask questions about how long you have held your beliefs, what specifically in your religion prevents you from testing, whether you have had other immunizations, etc.
They might agree that your beliefs are sincerely held, and then deny you an accommodation because it causes an undue burden on Wells Fargo. My recommendation would be to familiarize yourself with Title VII, along with whether or not by denying it they violate requirements. If that’s the case, then you would want to file a complaint with the EEOC.
How pathetic.
@hft+1fHbhsRc
As they should, because nearly all religious exemptions to it are complete B$.
Had to deal with this last week, they seriously asked for my pastor’s contact info and wanted to see documentation from before the “pandemic”
Where in your religious texts does your deity command you to be a health risk to your neighbor?
yeah come on stop lying...don't take tylenol etc..
What religion bans COVID testing? C’mon, seriously??