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General policy: The Federal government classifies employees for determining the applicability of pay-related laws. There are mainly two categories of employees, exempt and nonexempt, which relate to being "exempt" or "not exempt" from certain requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, such as payment of overtime. These categories also have a bearing on how work time is accounted for. The determination of whether a job within Reliant is considered exempt or nonexempt is made by Missionary Resources in accordance with the guidelines and definitions established in the Fair Labor Standards Act. The categories below define the types of employees within Reliant. In general, an employee is a person who receives wages or salaries from Reliant in exchange for work performed and who is characterized as an "employee" rather than an "independent contractor" under the IRS's criteria set forth in Revenue Ruling 87-41. |
Exempt and Non-Exempt Employees
Exempt or Salaried Employees
Most roles done by Reliant missionaries are ministry in orientation, and not directly guided by Fair Labor and Standards Act. Such roles are paid in a manner keeping with FLSA exempt employees, who are generally paid a predetermined salary for a set period of time regardless of the number of hours worked. Administrative, professional, managerial, and executive employees, as defined by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, are exempt from the requirements of that Act and are therefore generally not entitled to overtime pay. This is the manner that most ministerial roles performed by Reliant missionaries are paid.
Non-Exempt or Hourly Employees
Reliant applies hourly wages and time-card use for missionaries working less than 20 hours per week.
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Your employment status must match the amount of hours you are working, unless you are fully a volunteer. You cannot volunteer for some of your hours and be paid for other hours. |
Associate Staff
Associate staff are volunteers and not employees or independent contractors of Reliant. Associate staff are volunteers who have been approved to conduct ministry on behalf of Reliant and to incur bona fide ministry expenses, reimbursable according to Reliant's accountable reimbursement plan. Non-employed spouses of Reliant employees may be considered Associate staff if they perform legitimate volunteer ministry within the scope of Reliant's ministry purposes and have gone through the application process. Since volunteers do not receive any form of compensation, their service to the ministry will generally be recognized through non-compensatory means such as recognition and praise.
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