A Seattle-area megachurch that counts celebrities such as Russell Wilson among its thousands of members has been accused of requiring employees to donate some of their earnings back to the religious organization or risk being fired
SEATTLE — A Seattle-area megachurch that counts celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been accused in a lawsuit of requiring employees to donate some of their earnings back to the religious organization or risk being fired.
If they didn’t, the lawsuit says, they would face pressure, discipline or termination, The Seattle Times reported. “Regardless of whether this is a church, or not a church, or a nonprofit or a for-profit corporation, requiring employees to rebate any wages to an employer is an unlawful practice,” said Eric Nusser, one of Kellogg’s attorneys at Terrell Marshall Law Group.
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