We offer an array of free and highly discounted risk management services catered specifically to the needs of 501(c)(3) nonprofits, one of which is our webinar series. 30-90 minutes sessions are ideal for in-service training on risk management skills, or for polishing and orienting senior management and board members to individual aspects of managing risks in nonprofit organizations. The interactive format permits questions from participants and responses from experts.
Note that members of the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance can register for free! The code for registration can be found in our monthly newsletter or in the Member Portal. If you are not a member of the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance, you can still register for a non-member session cost of just $45 per login. (Note that registration is required per computer, not per participant.)
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September 29, 2020 – The HR Implications of Cyber Fraud
11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
Everyone is aware of the ever-increasing, and often successful examples, of “phishing” scams, identity theft, and many other methods of cyber fraud, that attempt to exploit your nonprofit, its resources, and your employees. It is critical that everyone needs to be prepared for inevitable attempts that these hackers will make to penetrate your electronic infrastructure. This presentation will focus on ways to protect your agency from these fraudulent schemes and their often-devastating consequences. Topics will include identifying the signals that your agency is being targeted, responding to fraudulent attempts to exploit your computer systems, and strategies to deal with the effect of these schemes on employees, both from a financial and a human resources perspective.
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October 8, 2020 – How Does the Liability Flow: A Discussion on Additional Insureds and Contractual Liability
11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
When negotiating contracts, do you know when to name your organization as an additional insured on someone else’s policy? Are you aware of when another party should be named as an additional insured on yours? Did you know that additional insured status does not extend the same coverage and protection afforded to the named insured? Considering all factors can be overwhelming. Join Brian Johnson, Chief Underwriting Officer at Nonprofits Insurance Alliance, to get a better sense of what to notice when negotiating a contract. You will learn (1) what additional liability you’re accepting when adding an additional insured; (2) when you should be named as an additional insured versus adding your business partner [consultant, contractor, etc.] as an additional insured; and (3) the importance of reading and understanding certain provisions of the contracts you have with your business partners, including contacts with government entities and service providers.
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October 20, 2020 – The Classification of Workers as Independent Contractors in California
11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
Classifying workers as independent contractors in California has never been easy – but it became much more difficult in 2019 due to the passage of Assembly Bill 5, which adopted the ABC test created by the state Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles. In response to extensive industry lobbying, cleanup bill AB 2257 was signed by Governor Newsom on September 4, 2020. It amended AB5 by including more occupations in the non-ABC tests and clarified the business-to-business test for contractors. In this webinar, we will discuss the ABC test and the AB 2257 amendments so that you can understand how to classify workers for purpose of California wage and hour, unemployment and workers compensation laws. We will focus on functions commonly contracted in the nonprofit sector and analyze how these positions stand up under this simplified test or whether an alternative test may apply. We will also explore the classification tests applicable under other federal employment laws, and the difficulty of compliance with these differing standards. Lastly, we will discuss how audits and litigation challenging worker misclassification arise, what penalties and liabilities exist, and steps to take to audit your existing contractor classifications.
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October 22, 2020 – Protecting the Intellectual Property Created by Your Nonprofit
11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
Nonprofits spend enormous time, energy and money building relationships that are often built into a database, address book, or other repository. This information about donors, clients, volunteers, and vendors, is often the greatest asset of the nonprofit. Protecting this asset is done within the legal framework of intellectual property (IP) generally, and trade secret more specifically. The law requires you to do what is customary and economically reasonable to protect trade secrets. This means having confidentiality agreements in place and only providing access to data on a need to know basis. This session details the most common assets held by nonprofits, the most common threats to those assets, the legal protections available, and the steps to take to make sure your nonprofits IP is protected.
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October 27, 2020 – Exploring At-Will Employment: What It Means, How to Preserve It, When Exceptions Apply
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 doing so 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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November 17, 2020 – The ADA, Accommodations, and Employees with Disabilities: Member Questions Answered
11 a.m. PT, 2 p.m. ET (60 minutes)
The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance produces a variety of webinars to help our members navigate the complicated area of employment practices. Have you attended one of our Accommodations webinars 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. Kim Spilker, Employment Risk Manager, will take you beyond the basics of the ADAAA, responding to questions from session attendees on topics such as medical certifications, service animals, and handling performance deficiencies with disabled employees. You will also learn how recent developments surrounding the Federal ADA and its Amendments may impact these topic areas. If you are stumped in how to apply the ADA or your state’s equivalent to specific situations presented by your nonprofit’s disabled employees, please join us.
Registration link will be posted approximately 30 days in advance of the session date.
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