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Personnel policies
Records Management
Even for the small association, record keeping and filing can be an arduous and challenging task is a general plan for handling paperwork is not implemented.
Records Retention Schedule
Contact your accountant and/or attorney for recommended record retention application to your association, taking into consideration local, state and federal laws as well as your organization’s needs. Adopt the retention record as a policy so that the board does not have to handle regular questions about what to save and toss.
Using Human Resource Data for Benchmarking
Executive directors and other senior staff constantly monitor the fiscal health of their associations, especially during periods of economic downturn. One way to do this is by examining benchmarking data that focus on human resources relative to financial resources.
File Purge (email)
This email, written by an Jim Booth at Professional Records and Information Services Management (PRISM), discusses retention schedules and policies for office records.
Antitrust Avoidance
Associations represent the interests of professionals and industry members. Association professionals and leaders should be observant of antitrust risk and association activities.
Antitrust Statement
Professional Development Chart
This chart depicts education requirements for employees from 0 to 10+ years of employments, and estimates how much time and money should be spend on employee development.
Accounting Reform
Recent accounting scandals have shaken confidence in some of our most respected companies. Legislation has raised the bar on accountability and there are indications now that Sarbanes-Oxley might reach farther, into boardrooms of private companies, charities, and nonprofit organizations and associations.
Nip Negativity in the Bud
You can't avoid frustrations and dissapointments at the office, but you can prevent them from taking a toll on your career by monitoring and limiting your tendency to engage in negative communication.
Employment Law Websites
List of websites for both federal and state laws.
Orientation Pop Quiz
Use a quiz to enliven orientation, with all the answers found in the information distributed.
Sample CEO Job Description
TSAE CEO Sample Job
Position overview with duties, responsibility and authority.
Executive Director job email
Hiring an Association Executive
ASAE's guide to hiring an association executive, including analyzing needs of the association and how to conduct the search.
Hiring and Firing
This article by the Texas Workforce Commission covers laws of hiring and firing in relation to unemployment compensation.
Job Applications and Interviews
Both federal and state laws make it illegal for employers to discriminate in their hiring process on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, and disability. This process includes employers advertising, application forms, interview questions, and skill tests.
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