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All personnel committee members should be able to keep confidences and supportive of employees and the church. They should be open minded, fair handed, reasonable and well balanced.
Provide for an orderly, focused and considerate means for the session to build a healthy work environment.
The committee is composed of 6-members, three from the session, two from the congregation and the pastor as ex officio member.
The committee shall meet at least quarterly and on the call of the chairperson or pastor.
Agenda for each meeting shall be set by the chairperson and pastor jointly.
Recommend to the session position descriptions for all staff.
Reviews and recommend to session compensation package for all staff.
Annual performance review to be done on each paid employee.
Personnel committee is responsible for recommending to the session all salary increases.
Annual compensation review.
Employment records should be carefully maintained for each employee
The following are items maintained in the employees files(found in the church Administrator office).
Employment application and biographical data.
Any applicable employment contract.
Current position description.
Annual work plan.
Data on annual performance review.
Work history, showing positions held, work schedule.
Salary records including dates and amounts of increases.
Vacation, sick leave and study leave records.
Benefit plan participation. References, kept for six months only from date of employment, to comply with legal requirements; thereafter they should be destroyed.
Employees should have access to any information about themselves kept in these record files and the ability to make corrections to their files.
Employees also should know how information in their files is being used. Otherwise, access to personnel files should be confined to staff and committee persons who have a need for the information.
The only exception to employee access are confidential employment references.
Each employee, including volunteers needs a clearly written position description. To be done by the personnel committee.
Each position description should include the following elements:
1. Title
2. Purpose
3. Accountability
4. Responsibilities
5. Relationships
6. Evaluation
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