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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—E.D.N.Y.: Hospital workers’ claims over terminations for refusing COVID-19 vaccine succumb to employers’ dismissal challenge, (Sep 18, 2026)

    Law Firms Mentioned:Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP | Law Offices of Tricia S. Lindsay | Littler Mendelson, P.C.
    Organizations Mentioned:Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan, LLP | Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP | Littler Mendelson, PC | Montefiore Health System | Montefiore Medical Center | One Brooklyn Health System | Secretary of Labor | The Brooklyn Hospital Center

    By Ravindra Kumar Singh, B.L.

    The workers could not challenge their terminations under OSHA or 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because OSHA provides no private right of action and controlling precedent foreclosed their constitutional claims.

    Former healthcare workers who were terminated after re ...

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