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.
Ask Rita: Do Nonprofits Need Insurance for Volunteers?
Is it a good idea to have insurance for volunteers? I thought volunteers had immunity in both federal and state laws.
How to Deal with an Office Bully
Workplace policies that describe prohibited conduct types help manage the distinction between a spurious complaints and bullying situations.
Ask Rita in HR: Do we really have to do performance evaluations?
There is no law that mandates employers conduct performance reviews. But most employment attorneys always say, “document, document, document.”
What Are My Nonprofit’s Obligations Under the Affordable Healthcare Act?
The Affordable Healthcare Act creates sweeping changes in health care law. There are two key provisions which may help your nonprofit.
Hiring Job Candidates with Criminal Convictions: Unlock the Possibilities
What you need to create a more nuanced and fair hiring policy regarding criminal background checks and convictions.
Twelve Ways to Get a New Executive Director Off on the Right Foot
If you’re on a board, before you turn over the reins, these ideas will help your new executive director get acclimated to their new role.
Is Coming to Work Required to Keep My Job?
An employee with a disability requests intermittent leave as an accommodation. But coming to work is an essential function of the job.
High Pay for Nonprofit Execs? Analysis of 100,000 Salaries
Everybody has an opinion about nonprofit executives’ salaries, but almost nobody has any real data outside their own experiences.
Board Support Position: Sample Job Description
A sample job description you may consider using or modifying to fit your nonprofit’s open board support positions.
The Automatic Nonprofit Salary Calculator
A tongue-in-cheek version of the familiar Salary Calculator model to comment trenchantly on the indiscriminate — and not so indiscriminate — differences in how nonprofit staff get paid.