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What is a Religious Institution for Employment Discrimination Purposes?

by Josh Scharff | Nov 26, 2013 | Clergy Employment Issues, Employment Law, Supreme Court, Title VII

The Supreme Court Does Not Further Define “Religious Institution” in Hosanna-Tabor In it’s 2012 Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Church & School v. EEOC decision, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the validity of the “ministerial exception,” a common law...

Work for a Religious Congregation? You May Be Ineligible for Unemployment Benefits

by Josh Scharff | Mar 21, 2013 | Clergy Employment Issues, Unemployment

Employees laid off or terminated from a position with a religious congregation may be in for an additional unpleasant surprise – they may be legally precluded from collecting unemployment benefits. While the purpose of unemployment insurance is to provide a safety net...

The Ministerial Exception: A Second Look at Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Church & School

by Josh Scharff | Jul 6, 2012 | Clergy Employment Issues, Supreme Court, Title VII

The Ministerial Exception makes it to the Supreme Court in Hosanna Tabor v. EEOC Earlier this year, the Supreme Court first considered the validity and applicability of the “ministerial exception” – a common law principle that exempts religious institutions from...

Study Shows Pay Gap Between Male and Female Rabbis

by Michael Gan | Jun 22, 2012 | Clergy Employment Issues, Employment Law

Over the last forty years, Reform Judaism’s seminary, the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, has ordained almost 600 women rabbis.  There are currently a total of 2,000 Reform rabbis in North America.  For many years, those close to matters of...
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The Just Workplace discusses contemporary issues in labor and employment law and emphasizes how these subjects affect employees in a variety of workplace settings. The blog covers an array of employment issues, including labor and employment policy, current events and noteworthy developments in the field, and legal opinions from federal and state courts and administrative agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Although the content contained in The Just Workplace is not legal advice and should not be considered as such, the blog seeks to be a resource for individual employees negotiating employment, retirement, and severance agreements, as well as union-members and officials subject to collective bargaining agreements.

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