Oak Ridge National Laboratory Employee Reports 140 Staff Face Unpaid Leave After Religious Exemption Approval

Thousands of people rallied their opposition to vaccine and mask mandates in front of the Massachusetts State House on September 26.Learner Liu/Epoch Times）

Despite being approved for religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine, an employee reported that 140 staff at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, face unpaid leave beginning Oct. 15.

Leon Workman, a Linux systems engineer with ORNL, told The Epoch Times that though he was approved for a religious and medical exemption, he will join the 140 employees who will be left without a paycheck.