Nearly 20 Senate Republicans are threatening to block the annual defense authorization bill (NDAA) unless Congress agrees to end its COVID vaccination mandate for military members and reinstate troops dismissed under the policy. The NDAA sets the spending policies and priorities for the military each year and has been passed annually for over 50 years. […]
Vaccine mandates
NBA Hit With Lawsuit by Referees Fired Over Refusal to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has been sued by three referees who were fired last year when they refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and were denied religious exemptions. The lawsuit alleges the NBA violated the federal civil rights law and New York state and city human rights laws when it forced referees to get […]
Republicans Demand Answers From Pentagon on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate After Biden Declares Pandemic Over
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) are demanding answers from Pentagon on its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after President Biden declared on Sept. 19 that the “pandemic is over.” The letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III follows concerns regarding the legitimacy of the process used to consider religious accommodations and reports unvaccinated […]
Major Defeat for Vaccine Mandates as Judge Rules NY Police Officers Fired Over Refusing COVID Shot Must be Reinstated
The New York Police Department’s largest union experienced a major victory on Friday when a judge ruled police officers fired for refusing to get the COVID vaccine have to be “reinstated to the status they were as of the date of the wrongful action.” In a shocking decision, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Lyle Frank ruled […]
Judge Strikes Down Federal COVID Vaccine and Mask Mandate for Head Start Program
In a devastating blow to yet another one of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, a federal judge in Louisiana on Wednesday ruled the government cannot require Head Start program teachers, staff and volunteers be vaccinated against COVID-19, nor can they require that adults and children wear face masks. The jab-or-job mandate affected nearly 280,000 […]
What You Need to Know About Your Right to a COVID Vaccine Religious Exemption in the Workplace
This article is designed to provide you with the relevant law you may need to include in your religious vaccine exemption request, and will help you understand your rights as an employee.
A Master List of Where Colleges Stand on COVID Vaccine Mandates
As students head back to school, many are asking where their college now stands on COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Some of the best colleges still mandate COVID vaccines — even though there is no fully approved vaccine available in the U.S. and science shows the vaccine neither prevents infection nor transmission. Other top-tier schools have either […]
Federal Judge Blocks Air Force COVID Vaccine Mandate Nationwide, Unconvinced by Government’s Arguments
A federal judge in Ohio on Wednesday blocked the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate nationwide for Air Force, Space Force and Air National Guard servicemembers who requested religious exemptions. U.S. District Judge Matthew McFarland two weeks earlier issued a 14-day temporary restraining order while the military made its case as to why the preliminary injunction shouldn’t […]
Federal Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Halting Air Force’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A federal court in Ohio on July 14 issued a nationwide restraining order blocking the United States Air Force from enforcing its military COVID-19 vaccine mandate for two weeks for airmen seeking a religious exemption. Judge Matthew McFarland ordered the entire Air Force to cease mandatory vaccination of all active-duty and reserve members objecting on religious grounds […]
60,000 Army Guard and Reserve Troops Cut From Training and Pay as COVID Vaccine Mandate Deadline Passes
About 60,000 Army National Guard members and Army Reserve soldiers who refused to comply with a Department of Defense (DOD) COVID-19 vaccine mandate are no longer allowed to participate in their military duties and were cut off from some of their pay and benefits, Army officials announced July 1. Of the more than 40,000 members of the […]