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General policy: As a church-based ministry, an integrated auxiliary of the Collegiate Church Network, who hires gospel worker missionaries, Reliant has a ministerial exception from the standards and definitions set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), such as payment of overtime, how work time is accounted for, etc. For our field missionaries, we therefore do not use terms such as exempt and non-exempt since they are gospel workers in Christian mission. If Reliant hires someone who is performing exclusively administrative duties, they would be subject to FLSA guidelines. 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' criteria set forth in Revenue Ruling 87-41. |
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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.
Fully Administrative
From time to time, Reliant may hire someone who will be performing only administrative tasks for a church or ministry, and may no be using the MTD support system. For these employees we follow FSA guidelines.
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Your employment status should 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. |
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.
In addition, some Reliant employees perform role which do not qualify as "exempt" under the criteria discussed above are considered non-exempt and subject to the requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Non-exempt employees are normally paid at the hourly overtime pay rate for any time worked over 40 hours in a work week, in accordance with applicable federal and state wage and hour laws. Time off for any reason, including holidays, sick leave, vacations, and other forms of leave will not be considered hours worked for overtime eligibility.
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