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Ask Rita: I Have a Bad Boss! Help!
Ask Rita responds to two reader questions about what nonprofit employees can do when a difficult boss is beginning to become a real problem.
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.
An Alcohol Problem Holds the Bookkeeping Hostage
Advice for a nonprofit supervisor with a bookkeeper that has missed deadlines and may be coming to work drunk.
Ask Rita: What Happens When the Office Coffee Comes With Politics?
With the elections coming up, a nonprofit’s staff is buzzing with political talk. Ask Rita shares how to avoid this creating a minefield.
Ask Rita: Zero Cell Phone Use While Driving Policy
Ask Rita provides policies nonprofit organizations should consider when adding a policy forbidding cell phone use while driving.
Ask Rita: Can an Employee Come and Go Using Family or Medical Leave?
Ask Rita explores whether or not a nonprofit organization’s employee can come and go using Family or Medical Leave?
Overtime Pay for Nonprofit Preschool Teacher?
Some employers think that paying an employee a salary or designating an employee a “teacher” exempts that employee from the overtime rules.
Don’t Drive, Chew Gum and Use the Phone at the Same Time
Some nonprofit employees are expected to be available for mobile calls. Can they refuse to take work-related calls while driving?