Republican legislators are moving to punish businesses and in a big way if they force workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and any of them get sick. Legislation awaiting a House vote effectively would require employers to honor each and every request for a religious exemption. That’s because anyone who suffers a “significant .
Legislators are working to pass a bill that would punish businesses if they mandate employees' vaccines and they later get sick.House Bill 2043, which passed the House Judiciary Committee, would require businesses to pay $500,000 if they reject workers' religious exemptions and they suffer significant injury related to getting the COVID-19 vaccination.
Arizonan businesses would be on the hook for half a million dollars in damages if they refuse a religious exemption from an employee who later experiences significant injury as a result of getting vaccinated under a proposal advancing in the GOP-controlled legislature.