After School
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Culture
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Human Resources
This business officer provides financial literacy training to students after school hours. Parents want even more.
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A departing employee’s final paycheck and exit interview are only the beginning of a successful offboarding practice. Everyone is watching.
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Risk & Compliance
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
Statements like “We’ve never had an incident” support an atmosphere of complacency.
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Overseeing the HR function is a tough job. And someone at every independent school has got to do it.
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Business Intelligence
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Employee Benefits
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Human Resources
Whether required or optional, more schools’ plans are shooting for 100 percent employee participation.
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Overseeing the HR function is a tough job. And someone at every independent school has got to do it.
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Strategies
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Leadership
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Professional Development
A program that grows leaders from the school's own ranks benefits employees, students and the larger community. Evidence of its success? At least four applicants for every spot.
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But W-4s will likely not change for at least another year.
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Overseeing the HR function is a tough job. And someone at every independent school has got to do it.
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Labor Law
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Regulatory Updates
The National Labor Relations Board last week overturned a 2015 ruling that held that two entities could be considered joint employers if they had “indirect” control over the terms and conditions of employment or “reserve
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On August 31, a federal judge in Texas struck down the Obama-era federal overtime rules that would have raised the minimum salary level for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act from $23,660 to $47,476. Man
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Employee Benefits
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Regulatory Updates
Schools with 50 or more employees could receive assessments for even a single instance of non-compliance.
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2020 is years away, but now is the time for schools to ensure 403(b) plan compliance — on paper as well as operationally.
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Risk & Compliance
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Human Resources
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Legal
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Risk Management
Schools must remain vigilant about DOL classifications.
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Joint response to DOL request for information on aborted overtime rule captures schools' best intentions, costly frustrations.
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Human Resources
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Procedures
Understanding these eight organizational principles will help protect students and staff.
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Employee Benefits
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Employment
In the brave new world of health care benefits, everyone — schools, the business office and, yes, employees and their dependents — must play an active role.
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Employee Benefits
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Human Resources
The best insurance is a healthy employee population. A health care primer by a business officer, for business officers.
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On August 31, a federal judge in Texas struck down the Obama-era federal overtime rule that would have raised the minimum salary level for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act from $23,660 to $47,476. Ruli
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