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Re:Courts block two Biden administration Covid vaccine mandates by joshuamorton on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @10:15AM (#29404414)
That's actually quite likely legal already.

If expect there are certain Catholic organizations who would fire you if you admitted to having had an abortion.

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Re:Courts block two Biden administration Covid vaccine mandates by shadowgovt on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @10:18AM (#29404465)
Your intuition is correct (in that there's no over-arching precedent or Constitutionally-derived right that makes it illegal), but it's specifically banned under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act as per a 1978 law modifying the act. https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/pregnancy-discrimination-act-1...

... Which goes to the court ruling that's the topic of the article: Congress has the power to decide these issues.

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