朱利安沉贝罗
新闻与观察者（罗利，N.C.）
（MCT）
4月6日 - 一群68名罗利警察，消防员和其他城市员工本周提出了诉讼，声称该市的Covid-19疫苗接种政策是“歧视性”。
根据新闻和观察员获得的投诉副本，将苏黎克斯·萨克尔·萨尔德温市和城市经理Marchell Adams-David命名为Raleigh，Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin和City Manager Adams-David的诉讼。
王室詹姆斯劳伦斯和安东尼的设想法议定书代表了68名市员工，其中包括34名警察和19名消防员。
The complaint calls a number of Raleigh policies discriminatory, including the city’s decision to limit promotions to those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Without even bothering to put the matter up to a vote, the Mayor and City Manager issued the following communique to more than 3,800 police officers, firefighters, and other City workers: you can keep working for us, but if you do not take one of the COVID-19 vaccines, we will not promote you,” attorneys wrote in the complaint.
诉讼之后，在一批超过100名城市员工威胁到去年政策的法律诉讼。
这座城市发言人Julia Milstead表示，它无法评论任何待处理或目前的诉讼。
As of Wednesday, 84.6% of full-time city employees and 56.3% of part-time employees were vaccinated, Milstead said.
关于79% of police department employees and 75% of fire department employees are vaccinated, Milstead said.
罗利的疫苗政策
Last year, the city implemented policies limiting promotions to those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and requiring those who have not been vaccinated to undergo weekly testing.
As of April 1, unvaccinated employees are no longer required to undergo weekly testing, but the promotion requirement remains in effect, Milstead said.
Under the city policy, requests for exemptions due to medical or religious reasons will be “reviewed and determined on a case-by-case basis.”
该市还将为员工，退休人员和配偶额外增加50美元的每月健康保险额外收费，这些raleigh的医疗保健计划没有提供疫苗的证明。该附加费于1月1日至1223日将生效。
The lawsuit states these policies force employees “to choose between putting a vaccine into their bodies that they have serious questions and concerns about and looking for career advancement elsewhere.”
诉讼指控政策违反市，州法律
除了诉讼的其他投诉之外，原告认为，通过不同的疫苗和未被移民雇员，罗利违反了自己的反歧视政策。
The city’s anti-discrimination policy states the city will “oppose any discrimination based on actual or perceived age, mental or physical disability, sex, religion, race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial or marital status, economic status, veteran status or national origin in any aspect of modern life.”
起诉书指出,波里的分段cy that directs the city manager to “insure that there is no discrimination in any function or area of City government.” The plaintiffs argue in the lawsuit that the section does not specify any protected classes, and that the city’s vaccine mandate discriminates against those who are not vaccinated.
但在Unc-Chapel Hill的劳动和就业法教授去年告诉新闻和观察者，他认为法院不太可能会认为这是一个方式阅读城市政策，进一步指出疫苗的授权并不是新的。
该诉讼还声称该市超越了其权力，缺乏“快递权”为缔约国授权疫苗。
诉讼中的其他投诉声称该市的政策违反了州和联邦反歧视法。
Attorneys representing the plaintiffs have requested a trial by jury.
这个故事最初出版于4月6日，2022年12:41下午12:41。
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