Office of Church Staff Finances Publications: Back Issues

Compensation and Staffing News: Back Issues

Please contact the Compensation Team by emailing comp@uua.org to receive copies of newsletters from 2020 or earlier.

2022

  • December 2022: Year-End Reminders, Managing to Change the World Workshop, Pending report from the Compensation and Staffing Survey, Reminders from the Retirement Plan Team, Holiday Blessings.
  • November 2022 (part 2): Guide to Setting Terms of Employment, Open Enrollment for 2023, New Congregational Salary Program.
  • November 2022 (part 1): Open Enrollment Coming Soon, In Anticipation of New Salary Program Resources.
  • October 2022: Announcing Our New Retirement Plan Recordkeeper, Rethinking UUA Salary Recommendations, Open Enrollment to Begin November 15.
  • September 2022: Editor's Note, UUA Salary Recommendations Rethink Page, Help Onboarding New Staff, Guardian Group Insurance Rates for 2023, Resources for New Treasurers.
  • August 2022: Rethinking UUA Salary Recommendations Workshops for Lay Leaders, Survey Update, Imputing Disability Premiums, new OCSF Team members.
  • July 2022: Staff or Hours Changes?, On-Demand Insurance Invoices, Pre-Tax Insurance Premiums, Insurance Team Changes, More on Rethinking UUA Salary Recommendations.
  • June 2022: Compensation and Staffing Survey Extended, Retirement Plan Tip #10, More on Rethinking UUA Salary Recommendations.
  • May 2022: Compensation and Staffing Survey, Retirement Plan Recordkeeper Transition, Unused Professional Expenses, Rethinking UUA Salary Recommendations.
  • April 2022: Changes Happening, Input Needed, & Questions Answered.
  • March 2022: Rethinking Salary Recommendations, Defining "Compensation" for Benefits Purposes.
  • Mid-February 2022: Benefits Tune-up Workbook: New Format!
  • February 2022: Benefits Tune-up Month, Introducing New Staff, Retirement Employer Participation Agreements, COVID-19 Resources, Insurance Forms
  • January 2022: Remitting Retirement Contributions, Salary Resources, Public Student Loan Forgiveness, WorshipWeb Music Resources

2021

  • December, 2021: Retirement Plan Eligibility, Resources for Staff and Lay Leaders, End of Year Reminders
  • November, 2021 (PDF): Open Enrollment Info, Retirement Plan Employer Contributions, Budgeting for '22-'23 Salaries
  • October 2021 (PDF): Professional Expense Rules, Retirement Plan Employee Contributions, Open Enrollment Coming in November
  • September 2021 (PDF): myUUA.org, Nonstandard Positions: What to Pay, Retirement Plan Tip #1, Insurance Enrollment Windows Special Case, Lightly Revised Model Ministerial Agreement
  • Special Edition: Late August 2021 (PDF): Compensation and Benefits Specialist Opening, Updated COVID-19 Guidance (Delta Variant)
  • August 2021 (PDF): Insurance Enrollment Periods, Forms and Communications, Health Plan Audit, Retirement Plan Notes, UUA COVID Team Notes
  • July 2021 (PDF): Summer Reminders (sharing staff, salary adjustments, minimum wage), Retirement Plan Top 10, Poll
  • June 2021 (PDF): Elective Contributions, Reporting Employee Changes, Professional Development, General Assembly, Our First Poll
  • May 2021 (PDF): New Faces in OCSF, Rule Differences Across Plans, Split Form, BCBS Settlement Notice
  • April 2021 (PDF): Health Plan Rate Changes, Expectations of Staff, Transitions Support for Staff, Toll-Free Number for Insurance
  • March 2021 (PDF): Budgeting and Staffing for Multi-Platform Ministries, Bring Your Own Device, Benefits Tune-up In Review
  • February 2021 (PDF): Benefits Tune-up Workbook, Tax-Exempt Status, Treasurer Testimonial, Introducing Our Administrator
  • January 2021 (PDF): Recapping 2020 Programs and Resources - 1) the Shift from Guidelines to Standards, 2) COVID-19 Resources, and 3) Support for Staff During Ministerial Transitions; Sending Forms Electronically

Please contact the Compensation Team by emailing comp@uua.org to receive copies of newsletters from 2020 or earlier.

2020

  • December 2020: End-of-Year Reminders, Staff Bonuses, Insurance Plans and Taxes, Gather Your Staff to Share Retirement Plan Info, Winter Holiday
  • November 2020: Open Enrollment, Sharing Staff, Salary Resources, Retirement Plan Reminders, Fraudulent Unemployment Claims
  • October 2020: Setting Salaries for '21-'22, Multi-Congregational Employment, Open Enrollment, New Resources (for staff working with interim ministers, for leaders administering payroll and benefits)
  • September 2020: Our New Administrator, Electronic Payments, Webinars for Treasurers and Administrators, Health Plan Audit
  • August 2020: Demystifying In Lieu of FICA, Ministerial Transitions in the COVID-19 Era, HR During Virtual Operations
  • July 2020: Time off, Calculating UU Retirement Plan Contributions, Health Plan Audit, TIAA Digital Challenge Winners
  • Late June 2020 Extra: Communicating Employee Changes, Subscribing New Leaders, Virtual GA, TIAA Digital Challenge
  • June 2020: New and Refreshed Resources, Welcoming William Lester, TIAA Webinars
  • May 2020: Setting Salaries, Benefit Plan Eligibility/Employee Changes, Professional Expenses - As Important as Ever, Help with Congregational Finances
  • Mid-April 2020: COVID-19 Extra Edition: Care for Staff and Their Families, Federal Programs Helping Employers and Employees, UUA Health Plan updates
  • April 2020: Paperless Remitting for Retirement Plan, Employee Assistance Plan, COVID Resources
  • Mid-March 2020: COVID-19 Edition: Congregations as Employers During COVID-19; Finances: Personal and Congregational; Staff Care for the Long Haul
  • March 2020: Professional Expenses as Vocational Lifeline, Congregations as Employers on LeaderLab, Employee Illness
  • February 2020: Compensation Standards Launched, Minister's Discretionary Fund, Staff Development Opportunities, 2020 Mileage Rate
  • January 2020: Compensation Standards, Salary Recommendations and Resources '20-'21, Eye Exams/Eyewear Coverage, Message from Congregational Giving Team

2019

  • December 2019: Reminders for 2020, New Form W-4, Note of Gratitude
  • November 2019: From Guidelines to Standards, Salary Recommendations for 2020-2021, Brief Items
  • October 2019: Open Enrollment, Common Sources of Confusion, Exempt Threshold Change
  • September 2019: Comp Program Past/Future, Professional Expenses for Ministers, Form I-9
  • August 2019: When a Staff member Changes Congregations, New Leaders/Subscribers?
  • July 2019: Professional Interim Training, Health Plan Audit, Benefits Reminders, State and Local Laws
  • June 2019: On Hiring Members, Pay Frequency, General Assembly
  • Special Edition, May 2019: Sample Personnel Policy Manual Available
  • May 2019: Notify Us of Employee Changes, Taxability of Moving Expenses, Staffing Levels and Congregational Size, Scam Alert from UUA IT
  • April 2019: Housing Allowance Preserved, Is Your Minister an Employee?, Interim Ministerial Agreement, Compensation Worksheet
  • March 2019: Budgeting for Benefits, Tax Withholdings, Proposed Change to Overtime Threshold
  • February 2019: New IRS Mileage Rate, Seeking Compensation Consultants, Be a MINDFUL Employer
  • No January issue.

2018

  • Special Year-End Issue: Tax Information and W-2 Forms, 2019 Reminders, OCSF Coverage
  • December 2018: Compensation Worksheet, '19-'20 Salary Recommendations Posted, 2019 Reminders (Ministerial Housing Allowance, State Minimum Wage), Professional Interim Training, Next Issue Mid-February
  • November 2018: Salary Recommendations for '19-'20, Changes to Insurance Plans for 2019, New Ministerial Agreement, OCSF Team
  • October 2018: Benefits Tune-up Month, Compensation and Staffing Resources, OCSF Briefs
  • September 2018: Insurance Plan Enrollment Windows, EAP for Group Insurance Plan Participants, Seeking Feedback, Accepting Comments on Ministerial Agreement
  • No August issue.
  • July 2018: Moving Expenses as Taxable Income, August Hiatus, OCSF Briefs
  • June 2018: Performance Evaluations, Unused Professional Expenses, Professional Interim Training, OCSF at GA
  • May 2018: Employer Contributions to Retirement Plan, When an Employee Becomes Disabled, UUA LeaderLab
  • April 2018: Position Description Template, Recordkeeping for Nonexempt Staff, Budgeting for Benefits
  • March 2018: Keeping Health/Dental Premiums Pre-Tax, Tax Law Affects Employee Moving Expenses, Encourage Staff to Check Withholding
  • February 2018: Who's a Minister for IRS Purposes? Staff Carrying Other Health Insurance? 2018 Withholding Tables
  • January 2018: Salary or Other Employee Changes, Tax Forms, Staffing for Diversity: Part VI (Wrap-up)

2017

  • December 2017: Year-end Briefs (Employee Classification, Housing Allowance Designation, Professional Expense Clarification, Employee Contributions to Retirement Plan), 2018-2019 Salary Recommendations and Resources, Staffing for Diversity: Part V (Ongoing Staff Support)
  • November 2017: OCSF Briefs (2018 Health Plan rates, Open Enrollment), Form I-9 Audits, Staffing for Diversity: Part IV (Welcoming New Staff)
  • October 2017: Benefits Tune-up Workbook, November Open Enrollment, Staffing for Diversity: Part III (Screening and Interviewing)
  • September 2017: OCSF Webpages, Quick Quiz, Staffing for Diversity: Part II (Position Descriptions and Publicity)
  • August 2017: PLUS Program for New Staff, Benefits for Employees Serving 2 Congregations, Staffing for Diversity: Part I (Vision and Values)
  • July 2017: Subscribers and Past Issues, Professional Interim Training, General Assembly Workshop Slides
  • June 2017: New Resources for Hiring, Refreshed Compensation Guidelines, OCSF at General Assembly
  • May 2017: Transition of Benefits, Housing Allowance Designation, Model Employment Agreement
  • April 2017: Benefits Provisions, New I-9 Form, OCSF Webinar Slides & Recordings
  • March 2017: Compensation Consultants, Budget for Retirement Plan Contributions, Employers of Choice
  • February 2017: Salary Recommendations for 2017-2018, Compensation Webinar, New Schedule for Posting Recommendations

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