Categories: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Lessons From the High Road
New Edition of Employment Law Nonprofits Defensible Policies The article below is excerpted from the Introduction to Taking the High Road: A Guide to Effective and Legal Employment Practices for Nonprofits — 2nd Edition, just released by the Nonprofit Risk Management...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Try a Little… Kindness
Last week I wrote about the connection between managing risk and a happy workforce. Yesterday I had the opportunity to hear Dr. Christine Carter speak about “Raising Happiness at Camp” at the opening keynote session at the American Camp Association annual conference...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Lessons from the Laugh Track
Fans of television comedy are familiar with the concept of a laugh track—a soundtrack that consists of the chuckles of a live audience or sounds that have been created in the sound lab to resemble an audience having a heck...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Effective Training is Key to Managing the Risks of Staff Turnover
Turnover is a recurring challenge for nonprofit organizations. Paid and volunteer staff may move on to new challenges or better paying positions. From time to time, a nonprofit may need to terminate the employment of a poor performer or lay...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Lessons Learned: Sharing Staff Screening Setbacks
A few years ago I had an opportunity to expand my role by co-managing the hiring process for two openings on the NRMC team. Looking back on it, I was pretty darn lucky to experience such ideal results from my...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Full Speed Ahead: Managing Technology Risk
Preventing Employee Misuse of Technology A nonprofit employer places a great deal of trust in its employees when providing equipment and an electronic connection to the outside world. The survival and viability of your nonprofit may depend on how, and...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
EEOC Resources Offer Valuable Help
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the enforcement body that will challenge an employer’s hiring or employment practices when a discrimination complaint is lodged by an employee, a former employee or an applicant. However, the EEOC is also in...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Let’s Get Civilized
This past weekend I had an opportunity to share my thoughts on the “Top 10 Risks Facing Nonprofit Organizations,” at a conference of dedicated staff and volunteer leaders. What makes a presentation on this topic fun for me—aside from the...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Organizational Culture
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Liability and Screening: Proceed with Caution
Second edition of popular text offers new insights Recently the Nonprofit Risk Management Center released the second edition of the Staff Screening Tool Kit — one of the organization’s most popular books since its debut in 1994. The new edition,...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Poor Communication = Declining Morale
According to a survey of more than 300 HR managers, a lack of “honest and open communication” tops the list of factors causing low morale in the workplace. The survey, conducted by Accountemps, revealed that the #1 source of low morale in any...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Organizational Culture