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Anonymous ID: d0a1c8 Aug. 2, 2021, 3:33 a.m. No.14250188   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Senators Finally Introduce ‘Infrastructure’ Bill After Unauthorized Leak to Breitbart News

Sean Moran1 Aug 2021

 

Senate Republicans and Democrats unveiled their 2,702-page bipartisan “infrastructure” bill Sunday night after Breitbart News exclusively obtained the legislation.

 

Breitbart News exclusively obtained the mammoth $1.2 billion infrastructure bill, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

After Breitbart News obtained the legislation, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) released the text of the legislation.

 

Breitbart News reported exclusively that the legislation would:

 

fund billions of dollars for border crossings, but include no additional funds to continue constructing the wall on the southern border

study job losses on President Joe Biden’s revocation of the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, but will not restart the program.

mandate that states create a carbon reduction program.

Senate Republicans and Democrats released legislation Sunday night as the chamber prepares the legislation without giving lawmakers ample time to read the bill and understand the bill’s significant implications.

 

As Breitbart News’s Matthew Boyle and Sean Moran wrote:

 

Sources familiar with the drafting of the text of this bill told Breitbart News it was being written in secret for months outside the normal legislative process, which is supposed to happen in relevant committees of jurisdiction. These sources made the unauthorized leak of the draft text to Breitbart News out of concern that the murky and secretive process behind this bill may have led to widespread corruption throughout its nearly three thousand pages.

 

The legislation also contains roughly $30 billion in cryptocurrency taxes and regulations, which could both kill American jobs and threaten American liberties. While it remains possible the Senate could improve the provision, senators secretively drafting the provision underscores the need for transparency and thoughtful regulation, as Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told Breitbart News.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/01/senators-introduce-infrastructure-bill-unauthorized-leak-text-breitbart-news/

Anonymous ID: d0a1c8 Aug. 2, 2021, 3:43 a.m. No.14250204   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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The EEOC guidance (if you call it that), says employers have to make accomodations for employees for religious and health reasons.

 

The EEOC’s updated guidance on employee rights relating to employer policies on the Covid-19 vaccination allows incentives such as days off or cash bonuses, but employers need to understand limitations, say Jones Walker LLP attorneys Jane H. Heidingsfelder and Jacob J. Pritt. Federal anti-discrimination laws come in to play, they explain.

 

From the beginning of the pandemic, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has paid particular attention to protecting the rights of employees who are at high risk of getting sick or who may have a medical or religious reason to modify an employer’s Covid-19 safety requirements.

 

On May 28, the EEOC issued new guidance for employers responding to the pandemic addressing requiring vaccinations and providing incentives for employees to receive vaccinations. Obviously, employers are working toward having a more fully vaccinated workforce because it ensures employees can return to in-office work safely, and it eases the precautions that employers must manage in the office.

 

The EEOC’s guidance considers a wide variety of federal laws, ranging from disability protections and genetic privacy to laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, religion, and national origin. An employer may require vaccination while providing accommodations for religion and disability. An employer may also provide incentives and require proof of vaccination by a third party in order for employees to qualify for the incentives.

 

The EEOC’s guidance considers a wide variety of federal laws, ranging fromdisability protections and genetic privacy to laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, religion, and national origin. An employer may require vaccination while providing accommodations for religion and disability. An employer may also provide incentives and require proof of vaccination by a third party in order for employees to qualify for the incentives.

 

Accommodating Unvaccinated Employees

According to the EEOC, federal laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace “do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19.”

 

In enacting such a policy, however, the employer must be sure to accommodate employees who may have a disability or sincerely held religious belief that would prevent them from being vaccinated.Such accommodations could include requiring unvaccinated employees to wear masks, practice social distancing in the workplace, or have the opportunity to work remotely

 

While a company may require employees to be vaccinated, some employers may not feel comfortable instituting this kind of policy for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to morale issues, possible employee resignations, or fear of potential liability if the vaccines have a negative effect.

 

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/eeoc-allows-covid-19-vaccination-incentives-what-to-know