Los Angeles city employees must show they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or are seeking a medical or religious exemption by Saturday.
who argue that it violates their constitutional rights. In a recent filing, the group Firefighters 4 Freedom argued that the requirements amount to “a serious invasion of the firefighters’ right to bodily autonomy” and urged the court to block the city from halting their pay before a formal hearing.
Los Angeles initially imposed an October deadline for police, firefighters and other city workers to follow rules requiring them to get vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they had sought religious or medical exemptions.to get the shots, hoping to steer employees toward vaccination instead of showing them the door.
Unvaccinated workers who signed the notices were allowed to stay in the workplace but were required to be regularly tested for the coronavirus. If they are not fully vaccinated or seeking exemptions by Saturday’s deadline, they too are supposed to be promptly removed from duty and given a notice that begins the termination process, according to a memo sent this week to city departments by personnel head Wendy Macy.
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