Sample Employee Handbook
This personnel policies and procedures handbook is intended to provide guidelines and summary information about the church's personnel policies, procedures, benefits, and rules of conduct.
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This personnel policies and procedures handbook is intended to provide guidelines and summary information about the church's personnel policies, procedures, benefits, and rules of conduct.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) affects most private and public employment. It establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards.
The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“Privacy Rule”) inaugurates an array of national standards for the protection of certain health information.
These examples provide the employee with a keen awareness and knowledgeable sense to avoid illegal questions.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a government agency that manages and inspects lawful immigration to the United States.
IRS Topic 762 explains the difference in common law between independent contractors and employees.
This policy ensures that the Church operates free from discrimination, setting aside race, color, gender, age, etc..
The following policies will serve as guidelines for all of your staff to ensure that all staff are treated consistently and fairly.
The Personnel Team represents and assists the Administration Team in meeting its oversight responsibility with respect to the human resource functions of the church.
These interview questions will serve as a helpful guide when interviewing possible employees.
This excel spreadsheet calculates the compensation of the Pastor.
This is an expense form for reimbursement of travel-related expenses. The summary covers certain expenses and provides an automatic calculation to suggest the reimbursement amount.
A reimbursement or allowance arrangement is a system by which you substantiate and pay the advances, reimbursements, and charges for your employee's business expenses.
This form is a Pre-Employment Questionnaire.
This form is used to verify the authorized employment and identity of hired individuals for employment in the United States.
Publication 521 explains the deduction of certain expenses of moving to a new home because you changed job locations or started a new job.
This Performance Evaluation is an in-depth form that evaluates all employees and those in supervisory/managerial roles.
This document is the former evaluation form that evaluates the employee's performance and development.
This is a sample of a Self Performance Evaluation form.
Here is a sample of a short Performance Evaluation form.
The Ministers’ Pension Plan has funds to assist with the final moving expenses for a minister at retirement, or, if the minister dies while in active ministry, for his/her surviving spouse.
Income tax, social security tax, and Medicare tax are paid on wages and self-employment income. Social security and Medicare taxes are collected under one of two systems...
Do you have questions about your Pastor's earnings regarding SECA or FICA, Income Tax withholdings, or Parsonage Allowance?
Sabbatical Leave is a period of time away from the pastor’s regular duties for the mutual benefit of the church and pastor. Sabbatical Leave is for the benefit of the church and the pastor.