Webinars

11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)

Every January, employers with California workers must be prepared for a batch of new or modified laws relating to labor & employment matters.  Join NIA’s Labor & Employment Risk Managers for an overview of hot topics to keep on your radar for a 2022 enforcement as it relates to being a California employer.  From wage & hour to criminal background checks and employee notifications, you this hour-long session will give you the information you need to know in order to develop compliant employment strategies for the new year.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
With shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders applying to workers across the nation, teleworking has been a highly encouraged solution to keep employees at work while simultaneously managing their households and health. Whether your nonprofit has utilized work-from-home arrangements in the past or this is a brand new practice, join us to discuss best practices in keeping your workforce engaged, ways to communicate and stay connected, and how to enforce work rules and expectations off-site. Learn what it means to telework and whether you can expect full performance from your work-from-home employees.

Registration link will be available approximately 30 days in advance of session date.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)

Employers large and small will have to grapple with some significant changes to the state’s California Family Rights Act (CFRA), which was amended in 2020 to apply to California employers with five (5) or more employees. In general, this law provides eligible employees up to 12 weeks of job-protected unpaid leave for their own serious medical condition or care for a family member. In this webinar we go through what makes an employee eligible for this leave, the purposes for which they can take the leave, and the documentation that an employer can require to substantiate the need for the leave. We discuss recent changes, which apply to all employers: the expansion of who qualifies as a “family member’; the elimination of the 75-mile rule; the “key employee” exception. We also talk about steps small nonprofits can take to prepare for what may be a substantial increase in absenteeism.

Registration link will be available approximately 30 days in advance of session date.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
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.

Registration link will be available approximately 30 days in advance of session date.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
When it comes to risk management, an aligned culture and strategy work together to enhance the success of one another. An impressive new risk management policy may be “DOA” when determined staff and volunteers have a “workaround” plan in play before the ink on the new policy is dry. This session will explore practical strategies for inspiring a deep and lasting commitment to safety and mission-protection in your nonprofit.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
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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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
While an at-will employee can theoretically be fired at any time, with or without any reason, there is a common misconception that the at-will classification immunizes your agency from any liability or legal consequences. In fact, there are several major exceptions to the at-will rule and reliance on at-will employment alone to support terminating an employee can present significant risk to your organization. Learn how you may be compromising your ability to rely solely on the nature of at-will employment in terminating employees without noticing it and how you can reduce risk and preserve the at-will doctrine.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
Risk is anything that can derail your nonprofit from accomplishing its mission. Risk management is a discipline for identifying risk, assessing the severity of a risk, and determining ways to avoid or minimize harm and financial loss. Risk management is not some mystery: Enlightened risk-taking requires awareness of the potential downsides of a new approach or program, thoughtful planning for positive outcomes, and ensuring that there is a soft landing when a venture doesn’t work out as planned. Our Loss Control Manager will provide simple frameworks for organizing and implementing basic risk management practices in a nonprofit organization; share the most common risks facing nonprofits based on 30+ years of claims history; and look at some specific areas of risk to identify what nonprofits can and should do to minimize exposure.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)

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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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
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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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
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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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)

Employees who provide medical certification of limitations must be addressed by the organization to determine if there are reasonable accommodations that would allow the employee to perform the essential functions of their job. What happens when the employee or their medical provider makes demands you cannot meet, or the accommodations are inconvenient? What if the employee has a history of missing performance goals and is not performing, despite effective accommodations?

During this webinar, we will discuss how to approach the conversation with an employee in exploring, attempting, and monitoring accommodations along with modifying accommodations as employee or employer needs change. We will then explore how to approach counseling and disciplinary action of an employee who, despite the employer’s efforts to accommodate limitations, does not perform the essential functions of their job or violates employer policies.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
What happens when an employee has a visible disability or mentions physical or mental impairments during a job interview? What questions can the employer ask to ensure the candidate can perform the job without engaging in discriminatory questioning? Are accommodations required before an applicant is offered a job? During this webinar, we will walk through the hiring process and look at what questions and steps are appropriate (or prohibited) at the various stages. From job posting to pre-employment inquiries, permissions and obligations change. Following this session, participants should have a clear understanding on how to properly vet candidates for employment while avoiding risk of discrimination.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
Almost all nonprofits have special events. They raise awareness about vital causes and raise funds to cover some of the costs of service delivery. Making the decision to have an event involves certain risk and having a thoughtful plan in place is critical. This webinar will provide practical guidance on the planning and staging of your special events to minimize exposure to your organization.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)

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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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)

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.

Registration link will be available approximately 30 days in advance of session date.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)

Courts, the legislature, and the Labor Commissioner are constantly adopting new wage & hour laws or issuing rulings or guidance interpreting the nuances or unanswered questions in the law. This webinar provides an overview of recent updates, including calculating regular rate of pay, time keeping practices, and imposition of penalties and PAGA class action lawsuits.

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11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
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.

Registration link will be available approximately 30 days in advance of session date.

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