Legal Developments
Issues that affect ministers and churches
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Associate Pastor Sues Church for Senior Pastor’s Sexual HarassmentSeptember 2011 |
Employment Practices |
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The “Single Employer” DoctrineMay 2011 |
Employment Practices |
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Job Applicant Sues Church-Operated School for Age DiscriminationSeptember 2009 |
Employment Practices; Overtime Pay |
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Interference with ContractSeptember 2009 |
Employment Practices; Overtime Pay |
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Church Employee Sues for Overtime WagesSeptember 2009 |
Employment Practices; Overtime Pay |
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The Ministerial Exception and Racial DiscriminationJuly 2009 |
Clergy - Removal; Employment Practices |
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Dismissing a Minister for WrongdoingJuly 2009 |
Clergy - Removal; Employment Practices |
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Breach of Contract and the Ministerial ExceptionMarch 2009 |
Compensation and Benefits; Employment Practices |
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Hostile Environment Sexual HarassmentMarch 2009 |
Employment Practices |
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Whistleblower Protections for Church EmployeesMarch 2009 |
Employment Practices |
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Are Parochial School Teachers Ministers?March 2009 |
Employment Practices |
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FLSA and the Ministerial ExceptionJanuary 2009 |
Employment Practices |
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Defenses to Discrimination LawsuitsSeptember 2008 |
Clergy - Removal; Denominations - Legal Liability; Employment Practices |
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Denominational Agency Employee Sues for National Origin DiscriminationJuly 2008 |
Compensation and Benefits; Employment Practices |
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Church Employee Fired After Raising Objections to Financial PoliciesJuly 2008 |
Compensation and Benefits; Employment Practices |
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Church Secretary Sues for Age DiscriminationMay 2008 |
Denominations - Legal Liability; Employment Practices |
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Sexual Harassment Suit Proceeds Against Local Church, but Not DenominationMay 2008 |
Denominations - Legal Liability; Employment Practices; Sexual Harassment |
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Former Organist Sues ChurchMarch 2008 |
Clergy - Removal; Employment Practices |
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Conducting Background ChecksNovember 2007 |
Employment Practices; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers |
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Exempt vs. Non-Exempt EmployeesNovember 2007 |
Employment Practices |