Federal EEO laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19. More than 2,400 employees applied for exemptions; MGB granted only 234.Plaintiffs here are 160 of those employees who were denied exemptions. The religious discrimination arguments based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have not gained as much traction to date with most courts. The ADA requires employers to keep confidential any medical information they learn about any applicant or employee. The answer to whether it is constitutional to mandate vaccinations may be found in a 115-year-old U.S. Supreme Court case, Jacobson v. Massachusetts. Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave. Under federal employment law, employers have the right to require employees receive a COVID19 vaccination. (2) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)6 for bona fide religious exceptions. The EEOC's COVID-19-related guidance states that the pandemic.