April 11, 2025
An Orthodox Jewish worker who said Washington University unlawfully fired her and her supervisor yanked her leave to observe the High Holidays cannot show the misconduct she experienced was severe or directed just at her, the university told a Missouri federal court.
March 29, 2024
A Missouri federal judge declined to throw out harassment and retaliation claims from an Orthodox Jewish worker who claimed a university unlawfully fired her after her supervisor yanked her leave to observe the High Holidays, but the judge said she failed to link her termination to religious discrimination.
April 18, 2023
Washington University in St. Louis allowed a manager to cut off the leave an Orthodox Jewish employee used to observe the High Holidays and then fired her after she voiced interest in switching supervisors, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.