Tag: religious workplaces
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Ministerial Exception Applied to Religious Employer’s Customer Services Representatives
James W. Ward August 19, 2025
Recently, the Ninth Circuit took a broad view of the First Amendment’s protection of religious organizations, concluding that a religious employer’s customer service representatives (CSR)…
Posted in Discrimination
Ninth Circuit Expands Ministerial Exception in Religious Workplaces
Matthew J. Roberts, Esq. January 14, 2025
Rooted in the First Amendment’s religious freedom clause, the ministerial exception generally prohibits enforcing any employment laws between a religious organization and its ministers. Which…