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California Supreme Court to Determine Whether ‘Ministerial Exception’ Bars Wage-and-Hour Claims by Religious Workers
The Supreme Court of California recently granted review of Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center (A171659/S294565), a case examining whether religious organizations are exempt from California wage-and-hour laws under the First Amendment’s ministerial exception.
The court will review whether “the ministerial exception arising under the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution categorically preclude[s] wage and hour claims by a minister against a religious organization without any inquiry into whether the claim touches upon any ecclesiastical concern.”
