Case: Wage & Hour/State Laws (Cal. Ct. App. 1st Dist.)

A California Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment granted to San Francisco Zen Center on wage-and-hour claims under state labor laws brought by a former work practice apprentice and staff member who performed duties like cleaning, cooking, and maintenance, holding that the ministerial exception of the First Amendment doesn’t automatically bar wage claims by a minister without evidence that the claims raise ecclesiastical concerns, while affirming the trial court’s ruling that individual defendants weren’t required to post an undertaking to appeal the labor commissioner’s award.

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