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new Fourth Circuit decision applying the Supreme Court’s Groff v. DeJoy standard shows that “undue hardship” still has teeth. The court sided with an employer that denied a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine policy, but its reasoning stretches far beyond vaccines or
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althcare. TL;DR: In an October 2025 Fourth Circuit decision, the court affirmed summary judgment for an employer that denied a religious exemption to its COVID-19 vaccination