Fifth Circuit Loss for Employee Who Refused Vaccine for Religious Reasons
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/21
As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more readily available, employers are considering mandatory vaccination for their employees and in particular, how to respond to employee requests for accommodation, whether on the basis of disability or religion. In Horvath v. City of Leander, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently considered an employer’s proposed accommodations to a firefighter who refused a mandatory tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (TDAP) vaccine for religious reasons, and...
By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,