The Warshawsky Law Firm represents a former employee of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) who was fired after his request for a religious exemption to the agency’s COVID-19 vaccination policy was denied. Among the significant personal and financial hardships our client suffered as a result of losing his job, he was only
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2nd Circuit Issues Important Decision In COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption Case Argued By Steven M. Warshawsky
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing employer vaccine mandates have resulted in a wave of religious freedom lawsuits not seen since the Vietnam War era. Just like during that earlier period, many lower court judges have been skeptical, at times openly hostile, towards claims by plaintiffs that their religious rights were being violated. But also like
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Warshawsky Law Firm Wins Groundbreaking Ruling in New York State Equal Pay Law Case
As previously reported, the Warshawsky Law Firm represents Chef Anita Eisenhauer, a Professor at the Culinary Institute of America , who for many years has been paid less than a similarly-situated male colleague despite having six years greater seniority, teaching a wider variety of culinary classes, having the exact same college degrees, and progressing through
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Warshawsky Law Firm Defeats Another Motion To Dismiss In COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption Case
As previously reported, the Warshawsky Law Firm represents a former insurance company employee who was fired after her request for a religious exemption to the company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy was denied. She started her lawsuit pro se and was facing the company’s proposed motion to dismiss when she retained us to take over her case. Even
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Warshawsky Law Firm Defeats Employer’s Motion To Dismiss In COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption Case
The Warshawsky Law Firm represents a former employee of 1199 SEIU National Benefit Fund who was fired after her request for a religious exemption to the union’s COVID-19 vaccination policy was denied. Like so many others, our client was forced to choose between her faith and her livelihood when the union instituted a vaccine mandate
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Warshawsky Law Firm Files Amended Complaint In Religious Accommodation Case Against Coverys Insurance Company
The Warshawsky Law Firm has been retained to represent a former insurance company employee who was fired after her request for a religious exemption to the company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy was denied. Like so many others, our client was forced to choose between her faith and her livelihood when the company instituted a vaccine mandate
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Warshawsky Law Firm Files Summary Judgment Motion On Behalf Of Female Culinary College Professor Under New York State Equal Pay Law
The Warshawsky Law Firm represents Chef Anita Eisenhauer, who has been a faculty member at the Culinary Institute of America since 2002, and who has been paid less than a similarly-situated male colleague despite having six years greater seniority, teaching a wider variety of culinary classes, having the exact same college degrees, and progressing through
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Steven M. Warshawsky Argues COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption Appeal Before 2nd Circuit
On Monday, January 6, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral argument in the case of Stephanie Kushner v. New York City Department of Education, Appeal No. 23-7274, which involves a claim for failure to accommodate the plaintiff’s religious objections to a COVID-19 vaccination policy. The panel members were Chief
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2024 Year In Review
2024 was another busy and successful year for the Warshawsky Law Firm. I am sincerely thankful for all the clients who have entrusted me with their cases. For the past two years, the lion’s share of my practice has been representing employees who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. I have represented a
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Warshawsky Law Firm Represents Employees Victimized By Unfair DEI Policies
If a rose by another name would smell as sweet, then discrimination by any other name is just as odious. At the Warshawsky Law Firm, we believe that all employees, regardless of sex, color, or creed, are entitled to a workplace free of discrimination. All employees should be judged based on their qualifications, talents, work
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