December 22, 2021

Nonprofit Holiday Highlights

The year 2021 is quickly winding up, and 2022 is just across the horizon! Our law firm’s attorneys and paralegals deeply value the honor and opportunity to assist so many amazing nonprofit organizations and their incredible leaders, and to help advance their compelling and worthwhile missions. Thank you for this opportunity to serve as trusted legal advisors providing client-focused solutions, creative approaches to advance clients’ interests, and vibrant community engagement to help the nonprofit sector flourish. As a parting gift for this year, we’d like to share some holiday cheer – and what better way than through providing links to some key W&O blog articles across our nonprofit practice groups? We hope the W&O blog will continue to be a valuable resource for you!

Conflict Resolution/Cybersecurity/Employment/Fundraising/Governance/Intellectual Property/International Philanthropy/Nonprofit Corporate Law/Property/Religious Organizations/Social Enterprises/Tax Exemption
December 21, 2021

Annual Anti-Harassment Training - Good Idea!

With the year’s end fast approaching, now is a good time to reflect on many things – and what better than nonprofit legal compliance and related best practices? Of course! One key area is annual anti-harassment training, which is legally required for Illinois employers with 15 or more employees and recommended otherwise for optimal work conditions and risk minimization. 

Employment
December 20, 2021

Employer Alert: Illinois "Secure Choice” Mandatory Retirement Program Expands

Does your nonprofit offer a retirement plan? In Illinois, the “Secure Choice Saving Program Act” requires larger employers to participate in a state-sponsored retirement program, but not if they offer their own retirement plans. The Act thus essentially motivates employers to offer retirement programs benefits, as many do. Since retirement plan benefits may carry substantial administrative expenses, the tendency is for only larger employers to offer them. Smaller employers may or may not provide retirement benefits, such as 403(b) plans for religious organizations and other Section 501(c)(3) organizations. The Act’s reach recently expanded to cover smaller employers, but thankfully with similar exclusions.

Employment

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