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