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Updating your personnel policy manual

February 19, 2010

posted in: CALCASA,Education

Two years ago, five years, this decade; when was the last time your agency updated its personnel policies manual?  Is your manual in line with current federal and state regulations?  Does your manual include the current practices of the agency?  If your answer is I think so, maybe or I do not know; then it

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Life is a Balancing Act

November 17, 2009

posted in: Education,leadership

In September 2009 the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that California had an unemployment rate of 12.9%.  In the current economy should the employee of a rape crisis center be complaining about having too much work to do, having to work on weekends and late evening hours and not having enough support from management?  In

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Looking Back To Move Forward

November 12, 2009

posted in: Education,leadership

Sexual assaults, crisis calls, and community presentations are not bound by the 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday schedule.  Often times, an employee’s job function and responsibilities require them to respond to the hospital at 3:00 a.m., participate in a community event all day on Saturday, be the primary responder to cover vacant volunteer

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Good By Myself But You Make Me Better

November 3, 2009

Going into partnership with another nonprofit organization is not a new concept.  If you have applied for a government or foundation grant; you were asked the question about how or with who you would collaborate.  With shrinking resources and higher expectations of better results for dollars spent; many foundations and government agencies are putting greater

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Unplanned Does Not Mean Unprepared

October 13, 2009

posted in: Education,leadership

If a natural disaster or emergency occurred which temporarily disrupted or closed your organization, does your agency have a disaster protocol?  Does your staff know what the disaster protocol is?  Are there key things you should be doing regardless of the type of emergency.  Natural disasters and emergencies are unplanned but it does not mean

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To Benefit or Not To Benefit – That is the Question

October 6, 2009

posted in: leadership

Benefits that are offered to employees by California nonprofits are diverse, sometimes complex and constantly changing.  In this current economy of drastically decreasing agency budgets and increasing unemployment, do you feel that employees should be provided benefits or is having a job and receiving a paycheck benefit enough?

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