([London] Times) Clergy demand the right to claim unfair dismissal

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Clergy could find themselves granted full employment rights for the first time under two test cases currently going through employment tribunals.

Clergy are often referred to, incorrectly, as employees of God but since records began they have been regarded in law as self-employed office-holders.

In the Church of England the Rev Mark Sharpe is demanding the right to sue for constructive dismissal after claiming he was driven from his parish by a campaign of “intimidation from toxic parishioners”.

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1. Bookworm(God keep Snarkster) wrote:

“In the Church of England the Rev Mark Sharpe is demanding the right to sue for constructive dismissal after claiming he was driven from his parish by a campaign of “intimidation from toxic parishioners”.”

I believe in America that said right varies state-to-state.

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