From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein discusses a recent case in which a a Kentucky court said that a religious leader was an independent contractors. Richard writes:
KENTUCKY IMAM IS FOUND TO BE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. An Islamic religious leader has been found to be an independent contractor by a Kentucky appeals court, which affirmed a state trial court’s decision. The Imam signed an independent contractor agreement that listed services to be provided by him including assisting board members to implement policies and community members with special questions and fatwas. In reaching its unanimous decision to affirm the circuit court’s decision that the Imam was an independent contractor and not an employee, the three-judge panel concluded that although he had certain tasks assigned to him, the Imam was “not controlled in the details of his work beyond those imposed by his own views of his work as a Imam,” that he worked part-time, and was reportedly still seeking full-time work elsewhere while he served at the mosque. Islamic Center of Northern Kentucky Inc. v. Hemaya, No. 2023-CA-0802 (Ct. App. Ky. Aug. 16, 2024).
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