A letter seeking a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination warned that forcing a worker to be vaccinated would be an “affront to a Christian.”
It can be purchased online for $195 as part of a vaccine exemption “concierge program.”
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It can be purchased online for $195 as part of a vaccine exemption “concierge program.”
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Letters like that have become tools for California employees seeking exemptions from workplace vaccine mandates.
They raise questions about what constitutes a deeply-held religious belief and what employers can do about a request that may not be sincere.
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They raise questions about what constitutes a deeply-held religious belief and what employers can do about a request that may not be sincere.
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Through public records requests, Times reporters @laura_nelson and @connorasheets amassed more than 2,200 pages of records related to religious waivers from vaccine rules.
They show just how complicated it can be to review vaccine exemption requests.
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They show just how complicated it can be to review vaccine exemption requests.
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Form letters may help some devout people articulate complicated but legitimate views, said Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
But, she said, it’s likely that many copy-and-paste exemptions are simply a means to an end.
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But, she said, it’s likely that many copy-and-paste exemptions are simply a means to an end.
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Challenging those letters, even when they’re copied from the internet or written by an out-of-state religious leader, can be a legal minefield.
Read the full investigation from @laura_nelson and @connorasheets.
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Read the full investigation from @laura_nelson and @connorasheets.
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