Categories: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Five Things That Should Never Appear in an Employee Handbook
An employee handbook is a valuable risk management tool when it lays down the organization’s expectations and spells out the consequences if employees don’t live up to the expectations. There are numerous resources available to help guide you with regard...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Developing Position Descriptions
Position descriptions are a critical part of the staff screening process. Position descriptions spell out the requirements of the job and help to identify possible risks associated with that position. By understanding these risks, organizations are better able to select...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Orientation Renovation
With the release of our Staff Screening Notebook, and the hiring of three staff members this summer, I’ve been doing a lot of soul-searching about a perennially risky function: screening. We often assume that screening ends once a new employee is...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Defining Disability
Three U.S. Supreme Court decisions narrow the definition of who is a qualified individual with a disability for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The rulings provide that if an individual is able to mitigate fully the effects...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
On Board With Diversity
A controversy over the merits of diversity on boards of nonprofits has simmered during recent months, stirred by proposed legislation in California, AB 624, that would have required foundations to disclose the composition of their boards and staff. The legislation...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Nothing to Fear but Fear
In the Quaker village where I live, Halloween is more than an opportunity to see little ones in this year’s most popular costumes. A handful of villagers spend months planning elaborate displays that will delight or frighten the customary throngs...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Technology: Boon or Bust?
During a recent weekend I spent 24 precious hours with two close friends who live in distant cities—hours that made us feel giddy, as if we had stolen them from our otherwise work and family-filled days. In order to spend...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Managing Risk in Challenging Times
In the past weeks, the financial markets have taken us on a wild ride. At the Center we’ve counseled several organizations coming to grips with the impact of this changing financial reality. As each of us braces our organizations for...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Performance
Despite the fact that I have two left feet and a tin ear, I enjoy going to the theater to see talented professionals dance and sing. Of course it’s possible that my lack of talent and skill in these “departments”...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Everything’s Coming Up Weeds
After record rainfall in April and May, the front yards, gardens and farms look especially lush in the area of Virginia where I live. Everything is thriving… including the weeds. Extracting the bumper crop of weeds from my flower beds...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices