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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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