Religion-Based Discrimination

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In Hamilton v. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 2025 WL 863572 (S.D.N.Y. March 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts as follows: Plaintiff alleges that he experienced “a pattern of activity aimed at bringing about [his] resignation.” (Am. Compl.…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Allegations Failed to Rise to the Level of “Severe or Pervasive”; Causation Not Shown
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In Hoffman v St. Bonaventure University, No. 24-00445, 866.1, 226 N.Y.S.3d 790, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 00763, 2025 WL 427098 (N.Y.A.D. 4 Dept., Feb. 07, 2025), the court reversed a lower court’s denial of defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex and religious beliefs. From the decision: Plaintiff commenced this employment discrimination action alleging…

Read More Sex/Religion Discrimination Failure-to-Hire Claims Dismissed
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In Greenberg v Seton Education Partners, No. 600733/2024, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 25026, 2025 WL 396770 (Sup Ct, Jan. 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claim(s) of failure to accommodate religion. From the decision: In this case, the Court finds that the Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, as amplified in her proposed…

Read More Failure to Accommodate Religion Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Termination Shortly Followed Absence For Simchas Torah
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In Hoffman v St. Bonaventure University, No. 24-00445, 866.1, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 00763, 2025 WL 427098 (N.Y.A.D. 4 Dept., Feb. 07, 2025), the New York Appellate Division, Fourth Department, reversed a lower court decision denying defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s amended complaint alleging discriminatory failure to hire. From the decision: Defendant submitted…

Read More Failure-to-Hire Discrimination Claim Should Have Been Dismissed, 4th Dept. Holds
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In Kueh v. New York and Presbyterian Hospital, 2024 WL 4882172 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 25, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s failure-to-accommodate religion claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: The second and third causes of action allege failure to accommodate under Title VII…

Read More Vaccine-Related Failure-to-Accommodate Religion Claim Survives Dismissal, Court Holds
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In Sabic-El-Rayess v. Teachers College, Columbia University, 24-CV-2891 (JMF), 2024 WL 4988408 (S.D.N.Y., 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of religious discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: By contrast, the Court concludes that Dr. Sabic-El-Rayess’s allegations are sufficient to state…

Read More Religious Discrimination Claims Against Columbia Survive Dismissal
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In McNellis v. Douglas Cnty. School District, 116 F.4th 1122 (10th Cir. Sept. 10, 2024), the court, inter alia, reversed the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s religious discrimination claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. In sum, plaintiff, an assistant principal, was terminated following an…

Read More 10th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Title VII Religious Discrimination Claim Arising From Comments Concerning “The Laramie Project” School Play
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In Nahar v. ADR Ventures WPR LLC, 23-CV-3835 (VSB), 2024 WL 4042433 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 3, 2024), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged religious-based discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. As to Title…

Read More Hijab-Based Comments Among Allegations Sufficient to State Religion-Based Discrimination Claims
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In Hussain v. The City of New York, No. 159834/2022, 2024 WL 4100982 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 06, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Defendants move to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work…

Read More Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims, Asserted Under the NYC Human Rights Law, Survive Dismissal
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In Applewhite et al v. N.Y.C. Dept. of Education, 2024 WL 3718675 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 8, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s failure-to-accommodate religion claim. From the decision: A plaintiff bringing a Title VII religious discrimination claim for failure to accommodate must allege that she “(1) has a bona fide religious…

Read More Failure to Accommodate Religion Claim Dismissed, Absent Allegation of Conflict Between Religious Observance and Employment Requirement
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