Oh. Hang on.
Turns out "half time", in Blackburn, means 4 days out of the week. But "half stipend post", presumably, means half of what other clergy get paid if they're full time.
The logic is inescapable. If half-time is 4 days, and you still get your weekly day of rest, then a Lancashire Week must consist of nine days. The Church of England eh? Not all the clergy believe in the Virgin Birth. But fitting 9 days into a week is a whole new level of miracle.
It is unfortunately true that half-stipend is deemed to mean 4 days, i.e. Sunday and three more days. After all 'house for duty' normally means Sunday and two days. It may not seem just, but...
ReplyDeleteSo if a house is "worth" 3 days, and house + half stipend is worth 4 days then a house + full stipend should be worth 5 days. Yes?
ReplyDeleteThe logic appears inescapable. Half a stipend = 1 day of work.
ReplyDeleteWhilst the rest of the world thinks clergy only work one day a week (obviously Sunday) the church paymasters keep up with the fiction that it's a "day of rest" so anything done on that day is voluntary and can't be renumerated. ??!!
ReplyDeleteI was told it's to do with what's taxable. Apparently house for duty has to be 1/2 time, otherwise you get taxed on the house. How one more day = 1/2 stipend I don't know
ReplyDeleteand then 2 more days = 1 stipend...
ReplyDeleteI suggest taking a full-time job and only working half-time. It is more relaxing and nobody notices.
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