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Volume 3 . Chapter 8, Part 2 . § 8-07.2
Key Point 8-07.2 Employees who accept employment while receiving workers compensation benefits may be committing fraud. This can have serious consequences for the employee, including criminal prosecution and repayment of benefits paid while engaged in gainful employment.
Some churches employ a pastor, or lay employee, who is receiving workers compensation benefits. In such a case the employee may be committing fraud by engaging in compensated employment. This can have serious consequences, including charges of fraud, and repayment of benefits paid while engaged in gainful employment.
Church leaders should consider asking employees at the time of hire if they are receiving workers compensation benefits. If they are, verify that the employee is ...
Skip to: Chapter 8, Part 2: Compensation and BenefitsChapter 1: Definitions and StatusChapter 2: The Pastor-Church RelationshipChapter 3: Authority, Rights and PrivilegesChapter 4: Liabilities, Limitations and RestrictionsChapter 5: DefinitionsChapter 6: Organization and AdministrationChapter 7: Church PropertyChapter 8Chapter 8, Part 1: Selection of EmployeesChapter 8, Part 3: Employment DiscriminationChapter 8, Part 4: TerminationChapter 8, Part 5: Miscellaneous IssuesChapter 9: Government Regulation of ChurchesChapter 10: Church Legal LiabilityChapter 11: A Summary of Constitutional HistoryChapter 12: Landmark Supreme Court Decisions Interpreting the First Amendment Religion ClausesChapter 13: The Present Meaning of the First Amendment Religion ClausesChapter 14: Significant First Amendment IssuesTreatment of ChurchesDismissing Employees for Filing a Workers Compensation Claim