# Overview: Employee Handbook

## Status

**Implementation status:** In Process

## Principle (from Streamline)

Lukaszewski's principle (placeholder): A written employee handbook protects the church, protects the employee, and removes ambiguity about expectations, benefits, and conduct. It should be specific enough to use, short enough to read.

## Mayflower's Current Practice

Week 10 of the implementation. Planned work: outline handbook sections, draft time and communication expectations, draft confidentiality guidelines, draft allowance and benefits section, compile handbook version one. Due June 30, 2026.

## Governance & Document References

- Mayflower Constitution and Bylaws — personnel sections
- Position Descriptions (for role-specific references)

## Open Questions

- PTO / sabbatical policy
- Remote work expectations
- Confidentiality scope (pastoral counsel vs. admin)

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*Page template: Principle + Mayflower Practice. Part of The Streamline Admin System, adapted from Michael Lukaszewski's Streamline: How To Create Healthy Church Systems.*