Workshops Offered

• Employers Association of Florida (EAF) Workshops
• How to File Your IRS 1023 for Nonprofit Tax-exempt Status
• Hows and Whys of Personnel Policies
• Legal & Ethical Issues for Nonprofit Boards
• Wage & Hour Law: How Compliant is Your Nonprofit?
  

How to File Your IRS 1023 for Nonprofit Tax-exempt Status
You know that the benefits of 501(c)(3) status, like tax deductions for donors and the ability to apply for government and foundation grants, can be vital to the success of your non-profit organization. In this workshop, you will gain tips and answers to the most common questions about filing the IRS Form 1023 based on legal knowledge and past applications prepared and reviewed.

You will learn:

• information necessary for compiling your IRS 1023 application
•  answers for common questions about the 1023 application/process
•  specific examples and a receive a mock application

Date: TBA

Time: 5:00 p.m. Registration/Light Dinner
5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Workshop

Tuition: TBA

Instructor: Christin Decker Petroski, Attorney, Holland & Knight LLP

Christin Decker Petroski has experience representing numerous businesses in a broad range of transactions, with an emphasis in corporate acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and reorganizations. She has also assisted clients in general corporation, partnership and limited liability company matters, including negotiating and drafting various agreements. In addition, Ms. Petroski represents not-for-profit entities with respect to various tax and corporate matters. Her experience includes forming not-for-profit entities and assisting those entities with respect to obtaining tax exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. Ms. Petroski also devotes a portion of her time to assisting economic development agencies. Ms. Petroski received her B.S., magna cum laude, in Psychology from Florida State University. She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from University of Florida College of Law. She is admitted to the Florida Bar and is a member of its Business Law Section.

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Hows and Whys of Personnel Policies
Co sponsored by the Employers Association of Florida
A large percentage of the lawsuits initiated by employees are grounded in statements contained in employee handbooks and policies. Learn how to protect your organization from these types of claims and how to draft policies that are useful and effective for your organization. The objective is to provide the tools necessary to help you develop policies & handbooks that will minimize your organization’s legal exposure and serve as an effective administrative and employee-relations tool.

You will learn:

• arguments for and against employee handbooks
• critical contents of an employee handbook, including
• discharge, discipline, layoffs
• disclaimer language
• creation of a probationary period
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• performance evaluations
• practical pointers for drafting policies
• approaches to drafting
• maintaining morale
• proper distribution
• words to avoid
• training of supervisors

Date: 2010 Date TBA

Time: 9:00 a.m. - Noon

Tuition: TBA

Instructor: Kay Wolf, Esq., Ford & Harrison, LLP

Kay L. Wolf has practiced employment and labor law in both private and public sectors since 1976. She is Board-certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in employment and labor law. Her practice is devoted to providing management with the necessary tools to meet the challenges in today's employment arena, through proactive legal advice, training, and litigating complex cases in both trial and appellate courts. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Florida/Labor and Employment Law), Florida Trend magazine’s “Florida’s Legal Elite”, and the Orlando Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar”. She was named a 2006 “Super Lawyer,” one of the Top 25 Female Lawyers Central, Northern & Gulf Coast Florida and one of the Top 50 Female Lawyers in Florida by Law & Politics Magazine. Along with being a certified mediator in Florida's circuit courts and in the U.S. Middle District of Florida, Kay is also AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Kay serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida. She chairs the Advisory Board of the Women’s Philanthropy Center of the Community Foundation of Central Florida.

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Legal & Ethical Issues for Nonprofit Boards
Nonprofit board members must ensure that the legal and ethical integrity of there organization is maintained. They must guarantee accountability and are responsible for the oversight of the government filings, stewardship of donations and the veracity of the programs provided to clients. In this workshop board members will review their legal duties and explore real life ethical dilemmas faced by nonprofit boards. This hands-on workshop will challenge you to make ethical decisions regarding how nonprofits operate.

You will learn:

• participants will become familiar with the required government filings that nonprofits must comply with
• participants will understand the need for and compliance of Conflict of Interest policies
• participants will evaluate ethical dilemmas faced by nonprofit boards of directors and develop solutions for those scenarios

Date: 2010 Date TBA

Time: TBA

Tuition: TBA

Instructors: Ellen Parker, Esq., Associate General Counsel, Darden Restaurants
Emily Furlong, Senior Program Manager, Philanthropy Center

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Wage & Hour Law: How Compliant is Your Nonprofit?
Co-sponsored by the Employers Association of Florida 
The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor is extremely active at this time. Fines and penalties can amount to thousands of dollars. How would your company fare in a Wage & Hour audit?

You will learn:

• Wage-Hour Investigations
  • What Happens and Why
  • Do’s and Don’ts
  • Ways to Protect the Firm
• Immigration Reform & Control Act (I-9 Forms)
  • Common Errors
• Minimum Wage
  • Hidden Violations
• Child Labor
  • 14 & 15 Year Olds
  • 16 & 17 Year Olds
• Record Keeping
  • What is and What is Not Required
• Overtime
  • When is Overtime Required and to Whom
  • Specific Examples of How to Compute Overtime:
    • Regular Rate
    • More than one rate of pay
    • Tipped Employees
    • Commissions
• Salaried Employees
  • Exempt vs. Non-Exempt
  • Record Keeping Requirements
• Independent Contractors or Employees?

Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Time: 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Tuition: $50 Members, $100 Nonmembers

Instructor: Kay Wolf, Ford & Harrison

Kay L. Wolf has practiced employment and labor law in both private and public sectors since 1976. She is Board-certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in employment and labor law. Her practice is devoted to providing management with the necessary tools to meet the challenges in today's employment arena, through proactive legal advice, training, and litigating complex cases in both trial and appellate courts. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Florida/Labor and Employment Law), Florida Trend magazine’s “Florida’s Legal Elite”, and the Orlando Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar”. She was named a 2006 “Super Lawyer,” one of the Top 25 Female Lawyers Central, Northern & Gulf Coast Florida and one of the Top 50 Female Lawyers in Florida by Law & Politics Magazine. Along with being a certified mediator in Florida's circuit courts and in the U.S. Middle District of Florida, Kay is also AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Kay serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida. She chairs the Advisory Board of the Women’s Philanthropy Center of the Community Foundation of Central Florida.

This program has been approved for ( 3 ) general recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR & GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

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