![]() ![]() Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on religion. Are employers required to accommodate the religious beliefs and practices of applicants and employees? For more information about the EEOC’s resources on religious discrimination, please see. ![]() The Groff opinion clarified that “showing ‘more than a de minimis cost’…does not suffice to establish undue hardship under Title VII.” Instead, the Supreme Court held that “undue hardship is shown when a burden is substantial in the overall context of an employer’s business,” “tak into account all relevant factors in the case at hand, including the particular accommodations at issue and their practical impact in light of the nature, size and operating cost of an employer.” Groff supersedes any contrary information on this webpage. This document was issued prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in Groff v. If you are assigned to a site not permitting a religious exemption to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement, you may request another accommodation from KU Medical Center (i.e., leave of absence or alternative site location) by completing and submitting a request for another religious accommodation.Notice Concerning the Undue Hardship Standard in Title VII Religious Accommodation Cases. Other sites are not permitting a religious exemption for students. If your clinical site directs that KU Medical Center review and decide religious exemption requests, please complete and submit the form. Please know that some clinical sites are still deciding how they will administer student requests for a religious exemption, and have not yet communicated their processes to KU Medical Center. Please communicate with your school/program to better understand the clinical site's process, and which form to complete. Some sites reviewing and deciding exemptions have developed their own forms for students to submit directly to them. Some KU Medical Center partners are administering their own religious exemption request processes while other sites are directing KU Medical Center to perform that review. If the clinical site you are assigned to is administering the exemption review process, you may not need to complete or submit any forms to KU Medical Center, unless otherwise directed by the site. KU Medical Center clinical partners are now requiring all students to have received the COVID vaccine before being allowed to begin or continue their clinical or programmatic experiences. Student Vaccination Religious Exemption Request Form COVID Vaccine Exemption Request Student Vaccination Medical Exemption Request Form Please complete the form below to request a medical or religious exemption for a required vaccination (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Hepatitis B, Influenza, varicella, Tdap Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis). You will need to upload the completed form in order to submit your request. If you are completing a medical exemption form for a required vaccination or a Covid-19 vaccine, please make sure to take the medical attestation form to a licensed independent provider (MD, DO, APRN) to complete the attestation. ![]()
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