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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.
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.
Firing Someone for Slamming a Nonprofit Employer on Social Media
Can nonprofit employees get fired for posting negative comments about their employer on their private social media accounts?
Are Social Workers Exempt or Nonexempt? Help!
Should social workers be classified as exempt or nonexempt employees when it comes to overtime considerations?
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.
Can We Fire Someone Who Comes to Work Drunk?
What to do about an employee that appears to be under the influence, but isn’t drinking on the job and it doesn’t seem to affect performance?
Can I Be Held Personally Liable for Misclassifying an Employee as Exempt?
Individuals can be personally liable for unpaid wages and other remedies under the FLSA and possibly also under state law.
Ask Rita: Can We Discriminate in Favor of People with Disabilities?
Ask Rita’s HR experts review Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and ADA rules.
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?