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Conference 2012: Affinity Group 2: Got HR Issues?
How recently has your Parish Business Manual been updated? Who performs annual review of your lay employees? Your clergy? What review form do you use? What sort of personnel records do you need to keep? Do you know how to fire staff in an efficient yet humane way? How can you avoid the most common mistakes made by kind-hearted clergy - like making promises you can't keep or keeping people on staff too long because you know their personal problems?
The other big issue that will be facing Episcopal Churches – with the potential to bring financial havoc – is how to implement the Lay Pension System, Resolution A138, passed by General Convention and now canonical law. Your Church is required to be compliant with this law by January 1, 2013? How do you move your lay staff from a defined contribution plan to a defined benefit plan? What will the financial and personnel impact be for your church? How do you plan for it?
If these are questions you are facing spiritually, financially and ethically, you owe it to yourself to attend Affinity Group 2: Got HR Issues? Led by Darien McWhirter, employment law attorney and author, and Pattie Christiensen, Vice President of the Church Pension Group specializing in helping churches implement the new Canon law. This is a unique opportunity to bring your own issues and share your knowledge with other members of CEEP in a collegial atmosphere.
Austin, TX 78701
