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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, DISCRIMINATION—RACE—E.D.N.Y.: Longtime sheet metal worker’s race bias, hostile environment, retaliation claims dismissed, (Sep 17, 2026)

    Law Firms Mentioned:Jackson Lewis
    Organizations Mentioned:Jackson Lewis, PC | PB Ventilating Systems, Inc. | Phillips & Associates

    By Mandavi Singh, LL.M.

    The worker’s rehiring after an alleged race-related incident undercut discriminatory and retaliatory inferences, while his complaints of “harassment” never clearly connected the challenged treatment to race.

    A Black sheet metal wo ...

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