Resources for Councils to Help in Implementing the Presbyterian

Church (U.S.A.) Churchwide Policy for Equal Employment

Opportunity and Affirmative Action For General Assembly Agencies

General Human Resources Information

Society for Human Resource Management

Guidance from Federal Agencies on Discrimination and Employment Issues

United States Department of Labor

(age discrimination)

(disability)

(ethnic/national origin, color, race, religion)

(resources on the Fair Labor Standards Act)

(2016 changes to Fair Labor Standards Act)[1]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

(laws and policy guidance on discrimination based upon age, disability, equal pay, genetic information, national origin, pregnancy, race/color, religion, retaliation, sex, and sexual harassment)

(guidance on disability discrimination)

(guidance on age discrimination)

(genetic information discrimination)

(harassment)

(sexual harassment)

(national origin discrimination)

(pregnancy discrimination)

(race/color discrimination)

(religious discrimination)

(sex-based discrimination)

(retaliation)

(equal pay/compensation)

(EEOC publications)

(guidance by subject matter)

Resources on Supplier Diversity

National Minority Supplier Diversity Council

State-by State List of Resources

State Laws on Employment-Related Discrimination

Department of Labor List of State Labor Offices

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Resources from the Presbyterian Mission Agency

Concerns Consultants)

(Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association Resources)

Guidance from the Presbyterian Mission Agency on Legal Information

Presbyterian Mission Agency, Legal & Risk Management Services, Legal Resource Manual

(information on various legal issues pertaining to churches and denominational entities, including employment law information)

Guidance from the General Assembly on Employment of Ministers

Office of the General Assembly

(On Calling a Pastor)

(Church Leadership Connection resources)

(Summary of Guidelines for the Employment of Ministers of Other Denominations)

(PIF Attestation)

(Personal Information Form)

(MIF Approval Form for Committee on Ministry)

(Clerk of Session approval form)

(Equal Employment Opportunity in Ministry Report for Search Process)

(Pastoral call form)

Resources from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy

Work in Women’s Hands, Pay Equity and Just Compensation - 2008)

(Neither Poverty Nor Riches: Compensation, Equity, and the Unity of the Church - 2010)

(Theology of Compensation)

(Living Into the Body of Christ: Towards Full Inclusion of People with Disabilities - 2006)

(God’s Work in Our Hands: Employment, Community, and Christian Vocation – 1995)

(A Study of the Theology of Compensation – 1995)

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[1] At the time of posting, the FLSA changes were indefinitely postponed due to a nationwide injunction. Therefore, these materials should not be relied upon until the lawsuit from which that injunction was issued is resolved.