They may ask questions about that employee's vaccination history or church attendance. The Coronavirus Crisis 'Love your neighbor' and get the shot: White evangelical leaders push COVID vaccinesįirst, employers may probe whether an employee's religious belief is in fact sincere. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says employers must provide reasonable accommodations for workers who have sincerely held religious beliefs - unless doing so poses an undue hardship. The right to request a religious exemption stems from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects workers from discrimination on the basis of religion, among other things. What are employer obligations to workers when it comes to religious exemptions? Under the law, employers have a lot of discretion when granting religious exemptions. Already, some employers are taking a harder line than others. How many of those requests will ultimately be approved is unknown. In Los Angeles, roughly a quarter of the police department is expected to seek religious exemptions. In Washington, D.C., more than 400 fire and emergency medical workers applied for religious exemptions to the city's vaccine mandate. More and more employers are ordering workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 without the option of getting tested instead.
John the Divine in New York City sits empty as the rush for vaccinations winds down in June. If you are assigned to a site not permitting a religious exemption to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement, you may request another accommodation from KU Medical Center (i.e., leave of absence or alternative site location) by completing and submitting a request for another religious accommodation.The waiting area of a pop-up vaccination site at the Cathedral of St. Other sites are not permitting a religious exemption for students. If your clinical site directs that KU Medical Center review and decide religious exemption requests, please complete and submit the form. Please know that some clinical sites are still deciding how they will administer student requests for a religious exemption, and have not yet communicated their processes to KU Medical Center. Please communicate with your school/program to better understand the clinical site's process, and which form to complete. Some sites reviewing and deciding exemptions have developed their own forms for students to submit directly to them.
Some KU Medical Center partners are administering their own religious exemption request processes while other sites are directing KU Medical Center to perform that review. If the clinical site you are assigned to is administering the exemption review process, you may not need to complete or submit any forms to KU Medical Center, unless otherwise directed by the site. KU Medical Center clinical partners are now requiring all students to have received the COVID vaccine before being allowed to begin or continue their clinical or programmatic experiences. Student Vaccination Religious Exemption Request Form COVID Vaccine Exemption Request Student Vaccination Medical Exemption Request Form Please complete the form below to request a medical or religious exemption for a required vaccination (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Hepatitis B, Influenza, varicella, Tdap Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis). You will need to upload the completed form in order to submit your request. If you are completing a medical exemption form for a required vaccination or a Covid-19 vaccine, please make sure to take the medical attestation form to a licensed independent provider (MD, DO, APRN) to complete the attestation.