EEOC Advises Employees May Have to Demonstrate “Good Faith” Basis to Claim Religious Exemption to COVID-19 Vaccination
November 1, 2021 The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently advised that “the definition of religion is broad and protects beliefs, practices, and observances with which the employer may be unfamiliar[…t]herefore, the employer should ordinarily assume that an employee’s request for religious accommodation is based on a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or […]