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Is Coming to Work Required to Keep My Job?
Dear Rita in HR: I have an employee with a disability who is requesting intermittent leave as an accommodation. She says she can’t tell ahead of time when she’s going to be able to come to work. It seems to me that just coming to work is an “essential …
Firing Someone for Slamming Their Nonprofit Employer on Social Media: Legal Update
Dear Rita: I liked your article a couple of years ago about whether employees could be fired for what they posted on their Facebook page. Since then I keep reading about how a federal law, called the NLRA, is being used to regulate what action a …
Are Social Workers Exempt or Nonexempt? Help!
Dear Rita in HR: Should social workers be classified as exempt or nonexempt? In the process of updating our job descriptions I have looked at many from other agencies and am confused in particular about one issue: in some cases social workers are class …
Nonprofit Personnel Files — A Guide from Ask Rita
Dear Rita: We’ve never paid too much attention to our personnel files, but we’ve just entered a contract with the county and we think it’s time for us to get our act together on this. I know we need a personnel file for each employee — but what should …
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?
Is it lawful to ask for applicants 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?
Ask Rita: Emma’s Disability is Hurting Performance: Can We Fire Her?
Consult a labor law professional to check federal and state laws before firing an employee for excessive absences or with a known disability.
Ask Rita: Protecting Staff from Co-worker’s Violent Boyfriend
A staff member faces a domestic violence situation and her boyfriend threatened to come to our office to harm her. What can our nonprofit do?
