April 22, 1999 | Read Time: 1 minute
Nonprofit Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Law
By David G. Samuels and Howard Pianko
The non-profit workplace has been affected by big legal changes, write the authors of this guide.
Among the new developments: The Internal Revenue Service’s approval of “intermediate sanctions” — fines that can be levied by the tax agency against charities’ top executives or board members who receive inappropriate benefits — and Congress’s decision to allow charities to offer 401(k) retirement-savings plans.
Mr. Samuels and Mr. Pianko, lawyers in New York who specialize in employment law, aim to make sense of both new and old laws with this guide. The duo tapped 11 other lawyers to contribute chapters.
Among the topics examined: federal and state regulation of compensation at non-profit groups, including private foundations; a comparison of 401(k) and 403(b) retirement-benefit plans; and how employers can comply with federal laws on retirement benefits, job discrimination, safety and health standards, family leave, and worker retraining.
The book is filled with footnotes that refer to the origins of important regulations and court rulings. The authors also define legal terms that non-profit employers should understand and provide checklists to make sure benefit plans and administrative decision making conform with government requirements.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, One Wiley Drive, Somerset, N.J. 08875; (800) 225-5945; fax (908) 302-2300 or (800) 597-3299; World-Wide Web http://www.wiley.com; 364 pages; $125; I.S.B.N. 0-471-19304-6.
