From In re Whitehead (N.J. Office of Admin. L.), decided Sept. 1 by Administrative Law Judge Julio Morejon, and adopted Oct. 6 by the Civil Service Commission, but just posted on Westlaw:
Appellant, Carolyn Whitehead … was employed by respondent, City of East Orange, … as a Keyboarding Clerk I & Assistant Zoning Officer. On July 23, 2020, Whitehead was terminated from her employment for failure to take a COVID-19 test as a condition to return to work. Whitehead appeals East Orange's decision….
Whitehead claims that her rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act were violated by East Orange when it refused to provide her "reasonable accommodations" for her sincerely held religious belief that her faith in God "will protect her from COVID-19 so there is no reason to take a test," as she stated in oral argument….
