A Catholic charitable organization in Wisconsin must be granted a legal exemption from the state’s unemployment tax system, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Monday, bringing to a close a years-long legal dispute that reached the nation’s highest court.
The ruling in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Labor and Industry Review Commission comes just over six months after a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court said Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by denying the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior a religious exemption because the organization does not limit its charitable services to Catholics or seek to proselytize those it serves.
