General policy: The nature of field ministry often demands that work be performed at various times throughout the week, including evenings, weekends, and sometimes holidays. Measuring a work week is not as simple as working from eight to five, Monday through Friday. Reliant recognizes that field employees will tend to have variable schedules and spread their work out during the course of a week. In light of this, field employees missionaries should concentrate on accomplishing job objectives and responsibilities in a given week and not merely on counting the number of hours worked.

Defining the Work Week

The established work week for Reliant begins at 12:00 a.m. on Monday and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. Since field ministry work often does not have clearly defined ending points, employees may sometimes work more than the traditional 40 hours a week to accomplish their ministry responsibilities.

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Flextime

Flextime is where an employee has flexible work hours instead of set hours. Field employees have flexible work hours within the work week, to the extent approved by their supervisor, in order to accommodate the variable demands of ministry. Some Reliant employees, especially Administrative employees may or may not have flexible work hours, depending on the work parameters determined by their supervisor.

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Employees must request time off in advance for any paid time off and Paid Time Off (PTO) and all leaves of absence. In the case of absence due to illness or accident, the employee must notify their supervisor as soon as possible. All unexcused absences are considered incidents of absenteeism. Supervisors must notify Missionary Resources when an employee incurs three (3) or more unexcused absences within a six (6) month period. Reliant will determine, with the help of the supervisor, the reasons behind the unexcused absences and determine the appropriate action to be taken. Employees may be subject to discipline or termination for absenteeism.

Defining the Work Week

The established work week for Reliant begins at 12:00 a.m. on Monday and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. Since field ministry work often does not have clearly defined ending points, employees may sometimes work more than the traditional 40 hours a week to accomplish their ministry responsibilities.

Time Cards