Ellen Aldridge, J.D.
Posts by Ellen Aldridge, J.D.:
Nonprofit Personnel Files — A Guide from Ask Rita
An overview of how to manage your organization’s personnel files and a checklist of documents to include in a personnel file.
Ask Rita: The HR of Nonprofit Romance
Many sample handbooks have policies which ban employees from dating with co-workers. Is it legally required to prohibit office relationships?
Ask Rita: Is being a surrogate mother a profession?
Ask Rita explores whether an employee’s work as a surrogate qualifies as a second job that is in conflict with her employer’s agency.
Ask Rita: Terminate Employee After One Year of Sick Leave?
Can an employer terminate an employee who exceeds the maximum medical leave?
Ask Rita: Wading through the New Family and Medical Leave Act Regulations
Administering the FMLA can be challenging. Ask Rita offers some guidance on the technicalities of recent changes to the law.
Ask Rita: Downsizing from Employees to Independent Contractors?
We are considering changing some of our employees into independent contractors as a cost-saving measure. What is the potential downside?
A Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy for Nonprofits
Standard elements of a drug and alcohol free workplace program for nonprofits. Includes a sample drug- and alcohol-free workplace policy.