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As far as overtime goes, there are, believe it or not, positions at nay given church that are hourly wage jobs. The janitor is, most likely, not cleaning the toilets for free. The maintenance staff is not fixing things out of the goodness of their heart. They get paid to do these things. Now, the ministerial staff is an entirely different beast. I have never in my life met a minister that was paid by the hour. It is always more of a salary situation. Volunteers, on the other hand, are completely unpaid. As such there is no such thing as "overtime". 1.5 times nothing is still nothing.
Based on that, I have no issue with your everyday working stiffs getting paid OT and FEMA reimbursing them for it. Ministerial staff will not make overtime, so there is nothing to repay. Volunteers could get triple time, I don't care, they still make nothing.
Er... Who said anything about overtime? Unless you know something about this that I don't, the reimbursements being considered are not in the form of overtime, they're in the form of reimbursement for any materials and labor. Mentioned in the article are carpet wear, payment for volunteer time, etc. So it doesn't work out to "three times zero is still zero." It ends up being paying for volunteer work, when that same payment could go to someone who doesn't happen to be part of a church, but needs a job.
Does that change your perspective?
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