HR and Employment Issues
Whether you’re looking to build your team, motivate and develop employees, or handle difficult situations, our in-depth HR articles will provide valuable insights and actionable steps to help strengthen your nonprofit through smart people management.
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: Terminate Employee After One Year of Sick Leave?
Can an employer terminate an employee who exceeds the maximum medical leave?
Five Internal Controls for the Very Small Nonprofit
Segregation of duties, checks & balances, can be difficult to implement in small organizations. Here are five important, do-able controls.
Our Executive Director is Embezzling
It’s the call no board member wants or expects to get: The organization’s executive director is being investigated for embezzlement.
Recruiting for Board Diversity: Part 3 in Diversity Series
Part 3 in Blue Avocado’s series on diversity offers specific, practical tips for recruiting people “unlike ourselves” for nonprofit boards.
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.
Six Ways to Know If It’s Time to Leave
Tim Wolfred, a leader in the field of nonprofit executive transitions, on how to weigh both the organization’s needs, and your own heart.
Ask Rita: Criminal Records Checks for Prospective Staff and Volunteers
Ask Rita explores how nonprofits should do criminal record checks on prospective employees, volunteers, and board members.
Fundraiser Edie Boatman Shares Career-Switching Tips
Edie Boatman shares advice about making a career change from a for-profit position to a nonprofit position.
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.