Ministers may sue for minimum wage violations
The only question was whether the plaintiff's status as a former minister of a religious organization by itself necessarily barred their wage-and-hour claims. The court of appeals concluded that it did not.
The U.S. Supreme Court has held a First Amendment-based “ministerial exception” bars employees acting in a ministerial capacity from bringing certain employment claims against their religious employers. A California state court of appeal panel ruled late last month that this exception does not automatically bar a minister’s claims for failure to pay minimum wages and overtime.
Click here to read the full article written by SCMV Shareholder Dan Eaton and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.