Employment Practices & Office Management

Effective employment practices and office management starts with planning. Good management starts with good planning and proper prior planning prevents poor performance. Without a plan you will not succeed in operating the office properly. One of the first steps in the planning process is to develop an Employment Handbook.

The handbook should provide direction and guidelines that the church or other religious institution, as the employer, have established for managing and operating the office and monitoring and evaluating employee performance. The handbook should be informative, concise and accurate and set forth the minimum standards under which your ministry will operate. Policies that should be included in the handbook include:

  • Employee Selection and Placement
  • Attendance Guidelines
  • Employee Discipline
  • Employee Benefits
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Office Hours
  • Vacation and Sick Leave
  • Holidays
  • Jury Duty
  • Payroll
  • Communication and Electronic Media
  • Dress and Personal Appearance
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Termination
  • Record Keeping and Retention
  • Use of Facilities
  • Working with Volunteers

In addition to the Employment Handbook, a Personnel Manual should be prepared and distributed to all employees. The personnel manual provides pastors, officers and supervisors with a systematic approach to administering personnel policies and provides employees with written information regarding the organization’s personnel policies and instructions of what is expected of them.

Whatever your employment practices and office management needs are, The Diversa Group can assist you in developing effective solutions, including, but not limited to:

  • Researching and writing an employment handbook
  • Developing job descriptions
  • Developing a job application
  • Developing legal interview questions
  • Researching and writing a personnel manual
  • Developing a sexual harassment policy
  • Developing a use of facility agreement

Call us at today at 1-877-254-0717 or email us at consulting@diversagroup.com and be on your way to developing and implementing sound employment and office management practices for you church.
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