Covid does not justify unfair religious discrimination
Section 6 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits unfair discrimination against an employee on arbitrary grounds One of these grounds is that of religion. This means that no employer is entitled to discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment purely on the grounds of the employee’s religion. However, not all discrimination is unfair. For example, it would be discriminatory for an employer to: Force employees who belong to one religion to be vaccinated against Covid but ...