Employer / Employee Requirements

PLEASE NOTE: This is an outline of some significant provisions applicable to Pennsylvania Christian schools. Many details are omitted for brevity. KCEA's Administrative Handbook and their frequent Special Reports give the necessary details.

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Required by the State of Pennsylvania

• PA Workers Compensation Carrier Notice
• PA Workers Compensation Physicians Notice
• PA Minimum Wage Law Notice
• PA Human Relations Act - Equal Pay Law
• PA Human Relations Act - Workplace Notice
• PA Child Labor Law Notice
• PA Minor Hours Notice
• PA Right to Know Notice

(Note: It is recommended that a notice be posted to all employees as a reminder that the Christian school does not participate in the Unemployment Compensation program unless the school has optioned to be a part thereof.)

Required by the Federal Government

• Federal I.N.S. Discrimination Awareness Notice
• Federal Employee Polygraph Notice
• Federal OSHA Safety and Health Notice
• Federal Minimum Wage Notice
• Federal EEOC / ADA / Title VII Civil Rights Notice
• Federal Family & Medical Leave Act (with an attached note of non-eligibility)

Right-to-Know Law

• Designate someone in charge of meeting all requirements
• Maintain active file of Manufacture Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for all materials and supplies that are used by employees which contain materials on the government lists. (The secretarial office, the janitor's closet, and the bus garage/maintenance building are the more likely locations for listed materials to be found in a Christian school.)
• Conduct required training
• Post listing of all applicable materials and general information bulletin for employees

Gender Discrimination

• It is illegal to give consideration (salary or fringe benefit) to one gender and not the other

Hiring New Personnel

• Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Background Check for residents of Pennsylvania or FBI Criminal Background Check for non-residents. (Required of all new school and childcare employees and independent contractors.)
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Child Abuse History Clearance. (Required of all new school and childcare employees.)
• Physical Examination by a physician. (Required of all new school employees and strongly advised for all childcare employees.)
• Two-hour training in asbestos awareness for all who conduct janitorial duties (including volunteers) if ACM is present in the building. (Required of schools, but all public buildings are advised to have similar procedures.)
• Complete Federal I-9 form. (Required of every new employee of every employer.)

Wages

• Non-professionals -- (secretaries, janitors, bus drivers, teacher aides, day care workers, etc.)
  • No less (in cash, not fringes) than the federal and state minimum wage
  • Time-and-a-half beyond 40 hours
• Professionals -- (pastor, principal, degreed classroom teachers, etc.)
  • Minimum wage and time-and-a-half do not apply
• Child labor laws are strict and must be followed