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West Virginia Appellate Court Blocks Retaliation Lawsuit Filed By Fired Children’s Minister
The decision protects church governance rules over mandatory child abuse reporting requirements.
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Church and State
COVID-19 aid package that does not exclude churches passes with bipartisan support
Although the Small Business Administration typically works with for-profit enterprises, the CARES Act does not exclude non-profit organizati…
Employment Law
Supreme Court to decide whether church school teachers are barred from suing for discrimination
The Supreme Court announced today that it would hear arguments in two employment cases involving whether teachers in Catholic Schools can fi…
Employment Law
9th Cir: Catholic School Teacher Fired for Requesting Time for Cancer Treatment May Pursue ADA Discrimination Claim
On December 17, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the ministerial exception does not bar a teacher in a Catholic school who…
Employment Law
“Ministerial exception” preempts discrimination lawsuit brought by injured church school teacher
On August 15, 2016, a Federal Court in Maryland upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a 56-year-old injured music teacher at a Sevent…
Employment Law
The U.S. Supreme Court made the Right Decision When It Upheld the Ministerial Exception
In ruling the way it did, the Supreme Court protected the right of a religious organization to select its clergy without government interfer…
Employment Law
Ruling on Ministers: What the Supreme Court said & didn’t say | Oregon Faith Report
Excerpt: The U.S. Supreme Court in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, held that the “ministerial exceptio…