Employment and Staffing

A three-part series about why most organizations need at least a few key written policies for HR matters, what those policies are, and how your business can get up to speed and have an employee handbook that functions for you.

Colorado employers must verify their employees’ legal work status. To do this, they must fill out the new federal I-9, which is very similar to the old one, but has some new “smart” characteristics.

A discussion between Theresa Lynn Sidebotham, Esq. and Dr. Brent Lindquist about ministerial exception and missions.

Recently, a court has allowed to go forward most of a case against the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco. The case alleges that the school did not investigate, refused to apply the ministerial exception defense, and did not find any formal religious decision-making process. What lessons can be learned here?

A downloadable resource by Theresa Lynn Sidebotham, Esq. about how "although allegations of leadership misconduct are one of the hardest things for ministries to handle, they offer a great opportunity to seek truth and justice and to minister to people."

A discourse between Theresa Lynn Sidebotham, Esq. and Dr. Brent Lindquist about restoration following abuse and trauma.

A discourse between Theresa Lynn Sidebotham, Esq. and Dr. Brent Lindquist about job descriptions and how they can apply differently in a ministerial or mission environment.

A discussion between Theresa Lynn Sidebotham, Esq. and Dr. Brent Lindquist about psychological assessments for missionary candidates and what can be done in the interview process, how to do it, what information to ask, and whether it can be done in a nondiscriminatory fashion.

Each side in the debate over the mandate for insurance for reproductive services grapples with a real problem, but the mandate is only a symbolic solution to the underlying women’s rights issue. The HHS mandate requires businesses, including many religious institutions, to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives and some abortifacients. Religious institutions that are morally opposed but not exempt deeply oppose the mandate. The reality is that the mandate creates a free exercise problem without solving a genuine women’s rights issue.