HR & Benefits2025-03-04T20:33:29-06:00

HR & Benefits

3 Job Description Misses that Might Cost You

By |August 11th, 2022|

How accurate are your employees’ job descriptions? Most places I’ve worked might present a job description during the application process, but by the time the employee is one year in, their responsibilities have morphed [...]

Are Furry Coworkers in Your Future?

By |June 23rd, 2022|

Normal working conditions changed considerably in the past few years. I’m not sure we would have envisioned executives in pajamas from the waist down with a cat in their lap and kids running through the [...]

Ten Biggest Tax Mistakes, Part 2

By |January 20th, 2022|

In Part 1, we had so many questions from the live audiences, that we only got half way through the "10 Biggest Mistakes." Now for the second half! With decades of experience [...]

How Can We Do a ‘Love Offering’

By |May 6th, 2019|

Hey Fletch … We occasionally receive love offerings for our senior pastor and other staff members. How should we handle these gifts? DRF—There are so many questions floating out there about restricted gifts to churches. [...]

Can a Church Pay FICA for a Pastor?

By |February 19th, 2019|

Hey Fletch … It’s been one month after I got your answer to my question. I still don’t have my head wrapped around this issue of FICA vs. SECA and how it relates to Housing [...]

New Year Help on Taxes

By |January 7th, 2019|

Monday, January 7, 2019 Hey Fletch … I heard you say at the Smart Money workshop, "If a pastor has low housing costs, it can actually hurt them financially." My question is how? Isn't it [...]

Benevolence Gifts for Staff Pastor

By |December 27th, 2018|

Thursday, December 27, 2018 Hey Fletch … How do churches handle Benevolence Fund needs when a staff member is the candidate? The Board is trying to find out how other churches handle benevolence for [...]

PEO to handle Church HR

By |December 26th, 2018|

Wednesday, December 26, 2018 Hey Fletch … I recently hired a PEO to handle most of our HR services. On the first two payrolls they issued, they collected federal and state unemployment tax. Historically, [...]

Volunteer Hours for Emergency Relief

By |December 11th, 2018|

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Hey Fletch … I’m wondering if our non-exempt staff can put in extra hours during an emergency. Do they have to be paid for this? I found this online as it [...]

Data on Health Benefits for Pastors

By |December 1st, 2018|

Saturday, December 1, 2018 Hey Fletch … I read your column from Monday, October 22, 2018 on “Poll of Church Health Insurance Benefits.” As you have looked into this, were you able to find [...]

Donations for Funeral Expenses

By |November 23rd, 2018|

Friday, November 23, 2018 Hey Fletch … I have a question related to a special donation. A family in our church had a very unexpected death in their family. Another family in the church would [...]

Paid Time for Classes

By |November 10th, 2018|

Saturday, November 10, 2018 Hey Fletch … If a church requires its ministry staff to attend a course, such as a discipleship class, after hours, 3 hours a week for 12 weeks, is the church [...]

Are Preschool Teachers Exempt Employees?

By |November 5th, 2018|

Monday, November 5 Hey Fletch … Our church has a preschool with part-time teachers. We have been treating them as exempt employees, as they are teachers. They don’t get paid for working after hours, home [...]

Not Reporting All Hours on a Time Card

By |October 30th, 2018|

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Hey Fletch … I hope your ongoing national workshop tour with Smart Money for Church Salaries is going well. I have a question for my church. We have a part-time [...]