South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem introduced legislation that would allow workers to sue their employers over COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The legislation, introduced Thursday, would require employers to grant religious and medical exemptions, Just the News reports. Employers would also be required to recognize natural immunity as an exemption. The employee must provide proof of a […]
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem introduced legislation that would allow workers to sue their employers over COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The legislation, introduced Thursday, would require employers to grant religious and medical exemptions, Just the News reports.
Employers would also be required to recognize natural immunity as an exemption. The employee must provide proof of a positive serum antibody test from a qualified laboratory within 180 days of requesting the exemption. To renew the exemption, the employer could require another test.
“The COVID vaccination should be a choice, and we should reject the efforts that we are seeing in other parts of the country to divide us into two classes: vaccinated and unvaccinated,” Noem said in a statement. “Unvaccinated Americans are still Americans.”
The bill would exempt the National Guard.
Employees who are “injured by a violation of this Act may apply for injunctive and declaratory relief, without bond, to restrain their employer from violating this Act,” the bill states.
