Current Employment Issues for Nonprofits

Benefits

Nonprofit employers are presented with compliance requirements keyed to their tax exempt status. This is notably true with respect to executive compensation and perks and volunteers and interns. Nonprofit employers also must parse out whether they are covered by new statutes, such as the Affordable Care Act, or affected by trends and new rulings, such as the explosion of use of social media. In this live audio conference, you will learn how to comply with and take advantage of regulations concerning executive compensation and perks, successfully apply existing laws to volunteers and interns, identify the legal issues that social media presents for employers and how to address them, and avoid the financial pitfalls to nonprofits in unemployment laws. Nonprofit employers also will receive current information on the application to them of the Affordable Care Act. Failure to comply with executive compensation and volunteer restrictions can result in significant taxes and penalties. A failure to proactively protect a nonprofit's rights in unemployment cases and social media posts can result in higher costs and loss of rights and litigation. Every employer is seeking current information about ACA. This audio conference is an important tool to avoid the imposition of taxes, penalties and fines, reduce costs, protect intellectual property and other rights and avoid litigation.

Agenda

Executive Compensation and Perks

• IRS Framework
• Prohibition on Excess Benefit/Self-Dealing Transactions
• Consequences of EBTs and Self-Dealing
• Role of Form 990
• Perks as EBTs or Self-Dealing
• How to Avoid EBTs and Self-Dealing in Compensation
• Creating a Presumption of Fairness
• Lack of Presumption

What Every Employer Should Know About the Affordable Care Act 

• How Does the ACA Apply to Nonprofit Employers?
• What Is the Employer Responsibility Payment and to Whom Does It Apply?
• When Can Employees Gain Access to the Premium Tax Credit?
• What Kind of New Information Reporting Should Employers Anticipate?

Volunteer Intern or Employee? 

• What Is the Difference and Consequence of Each Category?
• Restrictions on Volunteers/Interns
• Special Issues
• Students
• Directors
• Consequences of Misclassification?

Social Media and Nonprofits 

• Issues Created by Social Media
• Benefits of Social Media Policy
• Does the NLRA Apply to Social Media Policies and Practices

Pitfalls of State Unemployment Laws 

• State Law Framework and Purpose
• Effect of Failing to Oppose Unemployment Applications