RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS IN DISCRIMINATION LAW

Avoiding religious discrimination in the workplace.

WORKSHOP/CONSULTANCY PROPOSAL RATIONALE In the face of globalization, changing economic realities, demographic shifts, and religious pluralization, increasing awareness regarding religion in the workplace is proving to be vital in creating a harmonious professional environment. This field of study and diversity training is attracting growing interest from academics, management scholars, human r...

Religious exemptions to childhood immunization statutes: reaching for a more optimal balance between religious freedom and public health.

Conflicts between religious or spiritual beliefs and pediatric care: informed refusal, exemptions, and public funding.

Although respect for parents' decision-making authority is an important principle, pediatricians should report suspected cases of medical neglect, and the state should, at times, intervene to require medical treatment of children. Some parents' reasons for refusing medical treatment are based on their religious or spiritual beliefs. In cases in which treatment is likely to prevent death or seri...

On religious and secular exemptions: A case study of childhood vaccination waivers

This paper analyses exemptions to general law through the prism of vaccine waivers in the United States. All US states legally require the vaccination of children prior to school or daycare entry; however, this obligation is accompanied with a system of medical, religious, and/or philosophical exemptions. Nonmedical exemptions became subject of discussion after the 2015 Disneyland measles outbr...

The ethical and religious directives as particular law.

he Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, recently stated that the fifth edition of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services is particular law for the Archdiocese of Chicago.1 In a few other dioceses, diocesan bishops have acted in a similar manner, and indeed, according to the Code of Canon Law of 1983, they have the right to promulgate particular laws fo...