{"id":338293,"date":"2021-09-12T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T12:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/employee-fired-from-job-for-refusing-covid-vaccine-demands-justice\/"},"modified":"2021-09-12T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T12:42:09","slug":"employee-fired-from-job-for-refusing-covid-vaccine-demands-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/employee-fired-from-job-for-refusing-covid-vaccine-demands-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"#Employee fired from job for refusing COVID vaccine, demands justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Employee fired from job for refusing COVID vaccine, demands justice<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p><strong>My employer said they would not require employees to get vaccinated. I turned down another job offer based on that assurance. Since the FDA fully <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved a vaccine they\u2019ve now changed their mind. I refused to get vaccinated and they fired me for cause, for refusing to comply with company policy. They gave me no severance and are trying to deny my unemployment. Can they do that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employers can change the terms and conditions of employment at their discretion, unless prohibited by a contract. So yes, they can fire you for not agreeing to be vaccinated unless your objection was based on medical or religious reasons. What I don\u2019t believe stands a chance of being upheld by court is their claim that your refusal to get vaccinated amounts to \u201ccause\u201d which is usually for reasons such as gross misconduct, theft or insubordination. File for unemployment and get a lawyer to fight for what you would have been entitled to had you been fired for reasons other than cause. And the courts are going to be busy with challenges given the president\u2019s mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees to require vaccination.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19422154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19422154\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/epaselect_USA_CALIFORNA_COVID19_VACCINE_SCHOOLS-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Vaccine\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/epaselect_USA_CALIFORNA_COVID19_VACCINE_SCHOOLS-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/epaselect_USA_CALIFORNA_COVID19_VACCINE_SCHOOLS-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/epaselect_USA_CALIFORNA_COVID19_VACCINE_SCHOOLS-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>An employer refused to get vaccinated and they were fired for cause, for refusing to comply with company policy.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9LV8UF.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Anti-vaccination protesters \" class=\"wp-image-19422159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9LV8UF.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9LV8UF.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9LV8UF.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9LV8UF.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Anti-vaccination protesters are seen holding signs, as they take part in a rally against Covid-19 vaccine mandates.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>I was negotiating a raise with my boss and said: \u201cIf you can\u2019t bring my compensation up to a more competitive rate, I\u2019m going to have to leave.\u201d He said, \u201cI accept your resignation.\u201d I didn\u2019t resign, I was negotiating. Now he is forcing me out. Is that allowed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know it may seem odd, but for some reason, most employers usually don\u2019t respond well to threats. Go figure. You may have been negotiating, but you made an ultimatum \u2014 if your employer doesn\u2019t give you what you want, you are going to leave. Leaving is the same as quitting \u2014 not gonna work here anymore, resigning. So yes, your employer has the right to deny your claim of unfair dismissal and accept any consequences for you not agreeing. I will admit though, for an employer to leap to that usually means that not only aren\u2019t they interested in giving you a raise, they really aren\u2019t that interested in retaining you. Maybe it\u2019s for the best that you know that, even if you learned it the hard way.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gregory Giangrande has over 25 years of experience as a chief human resources executive and is dedicated to helping New Yorkers get back to work. 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I turned down another job offer based on that assurance. Since the FDA fully approved a vaccine they\u2019ve now changed their mind. I refused to get vaccinated and they fired me for cause, for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9LV8UF.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[115835,71736,71737,82862],"class_list":["post-338293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-9-12-21","tag-at-work","tag-career-advice","tag-covid-vaccine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}