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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—E.D.N.Y.: School employee, fired after refusing COVID vax, advances disparate treatment claim, (Oct 22, 2026)

    Law Firms Mentioned:Jackson Lewis | Law Firm of Vaughn, Weber & Prakope

    By Nicholas Kaster, J.D.

    It is not for the court to judge the “verity of an adherent’s religious beliefs” without further factual support, which is more readily available at the summary judgment stage.

    A federal court in New York, declining to dismiss the ...

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