Pamela Fyfe
Posts by Pamela Fyfe:
Sample Nonprofit Policy on Social Networking
Developing a social media policy for your nonprofit organization can be difficult. These guidelines can help.
Can nonprofits regulate what employees do on social media?
Regulating what nonprofit employees say and do on social media is a slippery slope. Here’s some guidance to help nonprofits.
Ask Rita: When Swine Flu Hits the HR Department
Nonprofits have a long history of innovation and heroism in health care and in disasters; be sure to manage the flu and its implications well.
Ask Rita: Model Dress Code for Nonprofits
Ask Rita shares sample language for your human resources staff to use when creating your organization’s dress code.
Ask Rita: Tattoos and Piercings… and a Model Dress Code
Ask Rita explores whether or not it’s legal for a nonprofit organization to ban visible body art for its employees and staffers.
A 7-Point Checklist for Responding to a Request for Family or Medical Leave
Here are the basics for how a nonprofit should handle an employee’s request to take Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 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?
Nonprofit Layoffs and Furloughs: Do Them Right
Advice for nonprofit HR departments that need to correctly perform layoffs, furloughs, and temporary shutdowns.
Sample Layoff Letter
A convenient sample letter for use in nonprofit layoff situations when/if they become necessary.