Attorney Louise Ing, a partner with Dentons law firm, joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss:

• the legal basis for religious exemptions to COVID vaccine requirements

• procedures for requesting a religious exemption [click to see sample Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Religious Accommodations Request Form]

• whether employers can ask questions regarding how the employee’s religious beliefs conflict with the vaccine requirement and sincerity of the employee’s belief

• whether the employee can be disciplined or terminated if the religious objection is not valid

• what kinds of reasonable accommodations the employer could make to eliminate or reduce the direct threat unvaccinated employees could pose to others

• what happens if making reasonable accommodations presents an undue hardship on an employer

• why Coach Rolovich got terminated after requesting a religious exemption

• who has to pay for regular COVID testing, and

• whether an employer who grants a religious exemption to one employee needs to grant it to all other employees making such a request.


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