Tags: Workplace Safety
December 12, 2017
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Salient Safety Resources
December 1, 2017 Explore this RISK eNewsletter focused on workplace safety. Whiteboard Wisdom Videos on Workplace Safety The NRMC team recently collaborated with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s Nonprofit Practice to develop a series of Whiteboard Wisdom videos on various...
December 29, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
HEATWAVE: Heat Dome Survival Tips
“Has high blood pressure got a hold on me, or is this the way love’s supposed to be? It’s like a heat wave burning in my heart…” – (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave, Martha & the Vandellas Since the Heat...
Topics: Facility, Program and Transportation Safety, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 27, 2016
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The International Issue
Download PDF What's Inside Safe and Secure: Supporting International Staff Foreign Agent Registration & Funding Restrictions for NGOs Go Global and Get Local: Complying with International Employment Laws We Are the World: International Staff Screening
Topics: General
December 27, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Safe Lifting: Why & How (video)
Improper lifting practices result in countless injuries to American workers each year. Watch the video below to learn a few simple steps for safe lifting! The Center team creates custom risk resources for our clients, like this safe lifting video...
Topics: Facility, Program and Transportation Safety, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 27, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Safe and Secure: Supporting International Staff
The safety and well being of employees is generally a top-of-mind concern for nonprofit leaders. When an organization deploys its staff internationally, additional uncertainty enters the already complex risk landscape. Deployed staff members may work in limited resource environments or...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Hitting the Nail on the Head: Prioritizing Safety at Your Nonprofit
Countless Center consulting clients and Affiliate Members list safety “Safety incidents at a nonprofit can result in the loss of life or permanent injury, plummeting employee morale, reputational damage, insurance claims and costly financial and human resource burdens for the nonprofit.”risks...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Guns in the Workplace: Protect Your Mission
Last week a RISK eNews reader wrote to inquire about the intersection of “conceal and carry” laws and the desire of a nonprofit to provide a violence and weapon-free workplace. All 50 states, but not the District of Columbia, have adopted laws...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Sexual Harassment
Nonprofits are not exempt from sexual harassment claims like those recently in the news for business firms and public agencies. For example, a legal secretary in California received a multimillion dollar verdict against a law firm. A trial in the...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
What to Do During an Earthquake
Stay as safe as possible during an earthquake. Be aware that some earthquakes are actually foreshocks and a larger earthquake might occur. Minimize your movements to a few steps to a nearby safe place and if you are indoors, stay there...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Weather Outside is Frightful
And shivering at work is not delightful. Here in Leesburg, VA, we are experiencing bone-deep cold weather and shocking gusts of wind. Though weather is part of our unpredictable, uncontrollable context, we can resolve to be better prepared for cold...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Insurance and Risk Financing