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Payroll Advance

Salary Payroll Advances are a way for missionaries to receive a portion of their future paycheck early. It is not to be considered "extra" or "additional" salary. Employees who are granted a salary advance Payroll Advance will, in most cases, have the advance subtracted from their next paycheck. When the Salary Payroll Advance is deducted, the employee's pay stub on Staffnet will show the regular gross pay but will show the salary advance Payroll Advance being subtracted in the After-Tax Deduction portion of the pay stub.

If there are other advances or charges to the MTD account that take precedence in the Order of Pay (before payroll items payroll items can be paid out), those factors will be assessed when determining how much money can be advanced to the employee. Reliant will reserve an estimated tax amount from all salary advances. Therefore, in most cases the maximum amount the employee is eligible to receive is an estimate of their upcoming paycheck's "net" (after tax) payroll amount.

A salary Payroll advance request must meet the guidelines below and the granting or denial of a salary advance Payroll Advance request is within the sole discretion of Reliant.

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Payroll Advance Guidelines:

1. The employee must have worked sufficient time in the current month to “earn” the wages being advanced. It's also possible to receive a salary advance Payroll Advance if staff is receiving a significant bonus or a large amount of back pay in their next pay check and they need access to the funds sooner. 
   • Exception: International employees, requesting a salary advance Payroll Advance in excess of one month's wages, do not have to meet this requirement. As long as there is a reasonable expectation they will be employed for the length of time for which the advance is being requested.
2. In the case of an hourly time card employee, the employee is required to submit a copy of the unpaid time card to substantiate that they have worked sufficient hours to offset the amount of advance being requested. The time card should be emailed along with the salary advance Payroll Advance request.
3. The MTD account must have sufficient funds, or there must be sufficient recurring gifts or gifts that have been received and processed in the current month to cover the amount being advanced. 
4. Salary advance Payroll Advance requests must be received from an @reliant.org employee email address for verification purposes.
   
5. Employment Services must have 3-5 business days to process and approve the request. 
   1. Funds will be direct deposited into the employee's US bank account on file either on the 20th of the month or the last business day of the month (depending on when the request is received). 
   2. Funds may be direct deposited earlier for a $10 rush fee (certain restrictions may apply in cases of bank holidays etc. Please notify payroll@reliant.org of this special request as part of your completed salary advance Payroll Advance request form to find out the availability of this option). 
   3. International employees that are participating in our monthly wire service program (see Banking and Direct Deposit) may also elect to have funds wired into their International bank account on file, for a $20 rush fee.

Complete the Salary the Payroll Advance Form and email or share it with payroll@reliant.org.