Commentary Thus far, President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates have fared poorly in court. Whether government-enforced mandates will ultimately be found legal or constitutional is a matter of ongoing legal debate. Some private businesses, though, have already chosen sides in a way that may violate employment law. Unlike other prominent private carriers, United Airlines announced a system-wide vaccine mandate. United’s CEO, Scott Kirby, boasts about his company’s vaccine mandate while threatening United employees “to be very careful about” requesting religious accommodations and saying that those requesting an accommodation were “putting [their] job[s] on the line.” He then followed through on that promise. Hundreds of United employees exercising a religious right to refuse the vaccine have either been formally terminated on some technicality in the application process or “accommodated” by being sent home without pay. Being turned away from work and not getting a paycheck is the definition of “unemployment.” This is …
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