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On occasion, due to unforeseen circumstances, a decision may be required as to the status of the Reliant office or a ministry location being opened or closed. These may include storms or natural disasters, power outages, national emergencies, etc. This  This decision will be made by the Executive Director for the Reliant office or the senior leader/pastor of a ministry location. For the Reliant office, if the Executive Director is not available, the decision will be made by the Finance Director. If the neither the Executive Director or the Finance Director is available, a management decision by the remaining managers on site will make the final decision. For a ministry location, the lead or executive pastor will make the decision for the ministry location .

The following guidelines for time off and compensation will be applied: If the decision is made to close the office for businessa ministry location, all employees will receive their normal compensation and will not be required to use their Paid Time Off (PTO). The same is true for a decision to close “ministry” for a certain ministry location , by it being necessary for field staff to remain home or evacuate.

If the decision is made to keep the office ministry location open, employees and managers may use their discretion regarding time off to take care of family and personal matters, however, compensation will be based on utilization of the employee’s PTO. The same will be true for field staff.

Reliant may,at its discretion and for business necessity, require certain employees ministry locations to work during office closuresan emergency.These situations will be decided on a case by case basis and the employees impacted will be notified. This will also be true for the field where staff may be required to work during an emergency. For example, campus staff being in charge of evacuating students during an LT.