Judge upholds United Airlines' Covid vaccine mandate for employees

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Source: CNN

A US federal judge on Monday ruled United Airlines can impose a Covid-19 vaccine mandate on its employees that only provides unpaid leave for workers who are exempted for medical or religious reasons.

US District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth, Texas, rejected arguments by employees that the airline was improperly putting them in an "impossible position" by forcing them to choose a vaccine or unpaid leave.

Pittman was critical of United Airlines' (UAL) approach toward employees seeking religious exemptions, but said in the end, human resources policy was up the company and no employee was forced to accept a vaccine.

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Employer mandates, which include exemptions for religious and medical reasons, have generally been upheld by courts. United Airlines was the first major air carrier to impose a vaccine requirement and others have since followed.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/business/united-airlines-covid-vaccine-mandate/index.html

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United has allowed a total of around 2000 exemptions, but those employees have to take UNPAID leave until the pandemic is over.

[Wingus Dingus]

1. If you give people indefinite paid leave (until the end of the pandemic?)

to avoid following company policy...how would that be fair? They'd sit at home (or take another job) and continue to collect United paychecks? WTF? Glad this judge ruled against them.

[PortTack]

2. Good news! Get the shot or stay the f..k home. No one wants to fly with ppl who are unvaccinated

It’s bad enough that you get on a plane and a percentage of those flying are unvaccinated, let alone the employees

[iluvtennis]

3. Ditto. n/t

[Cryptoad]

4. No Vax No Fly,,,,period

[Johnny2X2X]

5. In Antivax Trumper land...

Here's what they are sure is about to happen, they think the SCOTUS is going to rule that the vaccine mandates are unconstitutional. They're waiting for cases to work their way through the courts. So a lot of them are not getting vaccinated because they think it's going to get thrown out by the courts any day now. They're going to be disappointed, and then out of their jobs.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

6. Judge is a TFG appointee too.