UPDATE: Get Ready for New Wage Rules
In October, 2015, I wrote an ArtsHacker article about new proposed overtime limits and wage rules. In May, 2016, the Department of Labor released the finalized rules which will go into effect on December 1, 2016. Since these new rules have the potential to affect millions of employees, particularly those who work in arts nonprofits, it’s important to take a look at them. As the regulations stand right now, workers must earn $23,660 per year or more ...
Board Recruitment & Rising Expectations
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Non-Profit Quarterly recently hosted a webinar to present “The Completely Revised Guide to Great Board Recruitment.” If you have been following recent conversations about the role of non-profit boards, you will be aware that there is a greater focus on transparency and an increased expectation that boards fulfill their responsibility for good governance. A point that presenter Anasuya Sengupta raises is that legality can be a low bar for ethics and risk aversion and compliance ...
Most Favored Nation (or Give It To Them, Gotta Give It To Me, Too)
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In international trade, having a most favored nation agreement means that your country will receive trade terms on par with the most favorable terms offered to another country. When it comes to performing arts the term is applied in a similar manner. The term Most Favored Nation (MFN) appears most frequently in connection with performance rights for songs. Entertainment lawyer Gordon Firemark recently posted a video on the subject: “When you see that a deal ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…