Webinars

Have you read up on the many laws governing medical leaves of absence and are still left wondering how to apply what you have learned to situations specific to your nonprofit? If so, join us for this interview-style learning experience to dive deeper and get your questions answered. Ellen Aldridge, NIA Labor & Employment Risk Manager, will take you beyond the basics of the FMLA, ADA, state leave of absence and sick leave laws and respond to questions from session attendees on topics such as medical certifications, intermittent leave use and handling performance deficiencies of employees who use protected leave. We will solicit questions from webinar participants at registration and tackle these tricky topics.

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The use of vehicles in nonprofits is as varied as the services they provide. Whether you manage a fleet of vehicles owned by your organization or simply have employees and volunteers driving their personal vehicles on behalf of your nonprofit, implementing a Motor Fleet Safety Program can greatly reduce the risks faced by your clients, volunteers, employees and their families. This webinar will cover the essential elements of a vehicle safety program including developing written policies and procedures and implementing a program that fits the needs of your organization.

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California wage and hour laws are the most detailed in the nation, with particular rules for determining what constitutes “hours worked” and how time worked must be tracked. This webinar, appropriate for HR and Payroll staff, will discuss best practices for documenting timekeeping, how to calculate workweeks, overtime and meal and rest break compliance and penalties. Reviewing the California Wage Orders and Labor Code, we will discuss the rules about the timing of regular payroll, accounting of paid leave, pay stub contents and final pay requirements.

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Due to the strict requirements for meal and rest breaks in California, scheduling non-exempt/hourly employees is quite a challenge. This webinar presents an in-depth overview of meal and rest break laws found in the Labor Code and Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders. We discuss mandatory breaks for employees, the timing and recording of breaks, and the penalties if meal or rest breaks are missed and how to calculate those penalties. We also discuss the limited circumstances that permit a meal period waiver or on-duty meal period agreement, as well as the special rules for certain group home direct care staff. This webinar is helpful for both HR and payroll staff.

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Your volunteers provide valuable assistance to your organization. Every nonprofit can and should take steps to manage the risks associated with its use of volunteers. This webinar will help demystify risk management and give you practical strategies you can implement to use your volunteers safely.

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Federal law and state laws are not consistent when it comes to the legalization of use and possession of cannabis – but a greater challenge is when medical and/or recreational legalization of marijuana butt heads with an employer’s drug-free workplace policies. This webinar will deliver practical solutions to ensuring a safe and drug-free workplace while balancing state and federal laws around cannabis.

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There is nothing that causes more concern for an employer, both before and after the “MeToo” movement, than an employee stating that their work environment is “hostile”. Often, the employee’s use of this term is inaccurate and does not describe what the law sees as “hostile” and creates obligations on the employer’s part to remedy such an environment.

This program will discuss how to interpret the employee’s description of their work environment, including what questions to ask and what information to gather. It will also discuss what actions to take when the determination is made that the characterization of the work environment by the employee is accurate. Finally, the program will explore what a “hostile work environment” is not, and how to deal with the employee’s concerns when that determination is made.

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Employers are often left scrambling to determine when FMLA applies if an employee is on leave due to a work-related injury, or how to consider a medical leave when an employee exhausts or not eligible for FMLA. This webinar will walk through various scenarios to help you untangle the web of uncertainty in how the ADA, FMLA, and Workers’ Compensation interact.

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One in three employees leave their job in the first six months. Reduce employee turnover with a strong hiring and onboarding process. Learn how to implement the best strategies for recruiting, hiring, and onboarding employees. This webinar will emphasize some of the recent legal developments in criminal background checks, application materials and interviewing. Vaccination policies in hiring will also be covered.

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Employment law compliance is tricky, and many nonprofits think they are safe just doing what all the other employers are doing. Advising hundreds of nonprofits every year, Ellen Aldridge, NIA Labor & Employment Risk Manager, has a unique perspective on the HR issues commonly faced by the sector. This webinar touches on material appropriate for the HR novice as well as experienced practitioners, including wage and hour compliance, administering leave laws, worker misclassification, disability accommodation and supervisor training.

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The Biden administration has proposed a new rule regarding independent contractor classification test under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In this webinar we will discuss the distinction between an employee and an independent contractor, and the potential liabilities for misclassification. We’ll focus on the proposed new “economic realities” six-factor test. (NOTE: This webinar will only address the federal standard.)

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California and certain cities are adopting new family-friendly legislation to support and protect pregnant mothers and the parents of new children. In this webinar, we will provide a detailed overview of the California Pregnancy Disability Leave statute and regulations; the California Family and Medical Leave Act (CFRA); and the new Parent Leave law effective in 2018, which provide job- protected leave for baby and new child bonding. This webinar includes a discussion of an employer’s duty to reasonably accommodate pregnant workers’ physical work limitations. We will also discuss the statutory framework for wage replacement benefits under the EDD’s Short Term Disability and Paid Family Leave programs as well as new city-specific laws that require employers to supplement those payments. We will provide sample forms and letters to assist your nonprofit to communicate with employees regarding their leave rights, checklists to help track leave, and other helpful leave processing form.

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