Personnel Policies and Guidelines

Personnel Policies and Guidelines
Diocese of Washington

NEW! 2008 Compensation tables (pdf) for clergy, lay and musicians
(Council approved a 3.4% Cost of Living Adjustment for 2008)

The complete diocesan Personnel Policies and Guidelines are available below. In addition, for your convenience, direct links to compensation tables for clergy, lay employees and church musicians are also available. See site help for details on Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you have any questions, please contact Eva Myking, director of administration, at 202/537-6537.

RESOURCE: Guide to Human Resources Practices for Lay Employees in Episcopal Churches - newly revised Second Edition, a valuable resource containing an overview of employment law, the hiring process and human resources policies. All General Convention Resolutions affecting lay employees are reprinted in full. Can be ordered from Church Pension Group at www.churchpublishing.org or 800/242-1918.

Personnel Policies and Guidelines

2004 Full guidelines in one document (pdf)
Includes 2004-2005 compensation tables, excuse the misnumbered pages *

Introduction (pdf)

Clergy:
Clergy Personnel Guidelines* (html)
Clergy Personnel Guidelines* (pdf)
Compensation Table (2008) (pdf)
Compensation Table (2007) (pdf)
Compensation Table (2006) (pdf)
Compensation Table (2005) (pdf)

Supply Clergy Compensation Table [doc]

Transportation reimbursement: If by privately owned automobile, reimbursement should be at the IRS rate, currently 48.5 cents per mile for 2007 (up from 44.5 cents in 2006).

*PLEASE NOTE: The following change is being made to the document above:
On the bottom of p. 55 strike “Discretionary Funds,” and at the end of the sentence add:
"The guidelines for discretionary funds have been superceded by those published in the Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs. A copy was sent to every parish in January of 2000. If you are unable to locate a copy, it can ordered from Parishes services at http://www.episcopalparishservices.org/displayrecord.asp?EntryCode=MABU00 for $15.00."
(7/21/2004)

Lay Employees:
Lay Employees Personnel Guidelines (html)
Lay Employees Personnel Guidelines (pdf)
Compensation Table (2008) (pdf)
Compensation Table (2007) (pdf)
Compensation Table (2006) (pdf)
Compensation Table (2005) (pdf)

Church Musicians:
Church Musicians Personnel Guidelines (html)
Church Musicians Personnel Guidelines (pdf)
Compensation Table (2008) (pdf)
Compensation Table (2007) (pdf)
Compensation Table (2006) (pdf)
Compensation Table (2005) (pdf)

General Personnel Guidelines (pdf)

Mutual Rector/Vestry Evaluation Worksheet (page 1 /page 2)

Revisions approved by Diocesan Council June 10, 2003