Weiss was working fully remotely, or off-site, in August 2021 as a senior managerial consultant when Kaiser Permanente imposed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Weiss, a Christian Jew, within weeks filed for a religious exemption, and Kaiser Permanente initially approved the request. In September 2021, though, Kaiser Permanente said employees had submitted religious accommodation requests with identical language. Kaiser Permanente did not return a request for comment by publication time. "I'm grateful the court recognized that religious employees should not have to give up their beliefs or their privacy to keep their jobs."