Categories: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Employment Law Issues Continue To Pose Risks
Employment practices lawsuits continue to be among the more prevalent and most draining legal actions that a nonprofit is likely to face. Discrimination claims filed with the EEOC rose 9% in 2007 — the biggest jump in close to a...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Hiring and Performance: Critical Areas of Risk for Every Nonprofit
I’ve been reading a terrific book this week titled Strategic Risk Taking: A Framework for Risk Management, by Aswath Damodaran. One of my favorite insights in the book is the reference to the work of Glyn A. Holton who posits that...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Curiosity Trumps Competence
“I now consider potential to be the most important predictor of success at all levels, from junior manager to the C-Suite and the board.” — Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, “21st Century Talent Spotting,” Harvard Business Review, June 2014 This week I’ve been reading...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Meet, Greet, Grin and Adjust
After a whirlwind month during which we hosted three, back-to-back risk conferences, life at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center has returned to “normal.” What’s normal? Working with dedicated leaders from a diverse array of mission-directed public entities and nonprofits on...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
May I Help You?
Last week I was among the weary passengers on board a flight stranded at Chicago O’Hare Airport. After our delayed flight from sunny California landed around 8:30 pm, the pilot brought our plane to a ¥complete stop’ about 200 feet...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Employee Separations: Learn to Say Goodbye
The Jackson Five version of the Davis Clifton song “Never Can Say Goodbye” has enjoyed a lot of airtime lately. Although the song has nothing to do with employer-employee separations, hearing it reminds me of the heartache that many nonprofit...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Maximizing Seasoned Employees’ Contributions
In the next several years employers will see a definitive upward shift in the age of available workers. The renowned baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), who were expected to leave the workforce starting in 2011, are reconsidering retiring...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Mastering the Basics: Learn to Walk Before You Run
During a lunch meeting today with three colleagues from our Toronto affiliate—the Insurance and Liability Resource Centre for Nonprofits (www.nonprofitrisk.imaginecanada.ca) —the Centre’s Manager, David Hartley reminded me that many of the Canadian nonprofit leaders who attend the Centre’s workshops are eager to...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Health Insurance Is a Claims Trap for the Unwary
Eligibility of health insurance coverage under an employer’s group plan terminates when an employee is separated from employment. However, due to the health insurance benefit continuation requirements under COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) and many similar state laws, most employees can...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Insurance and Risk Financing
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Mastering the Basics
I thoroughly enjoy the NCAA “March Madness” series of tournaments which began this year on March 17. This year’s line-up includes 65 men’s teams and 64 women’s teams playing in single elimination games. The tournament concludes on April 6th with...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices