Recent Developments in Church-State Law

Equal Pay Act Applies to Church-Operated School The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a federal suit against the First Baptist Church in northern Indiana for alleged violation of the federal Equal Pay Act. The Act prohibits discrimination "between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees . . . at a rate less wages paid to employees of the opposite sex . . . for equal work…." The EEOC claimed that the Baptist school, which serves preschoolers through...