(Thank you to Worship Security Association for providing this video interview with Attorney Virginia C. Cronin!)

I think first and foremost we run into a lot of churches that don’t think employment laws apply to them: “We’re a church. We don’t have to follow what the law says about employment or employees.”

Unfortunately, that’s probably the biggest fallacy out there. If you have one or more employees, you are an employer.

It’s important to take a look at what laws apply to you, depending upon the state in which you’re located.

Virginia (Ginny) Cronin is an attorney at the firm of Henningson & Snoxell, Ltd. located in Maple Grove, Minnesota, practicing exclusively in the area of nonprofit organizations.