How does worker’s compensation affect nonprofit organizations?
Worker’s compensation insurance programs are designed to pay medical costs and lost wages to employees who suffer work-related injuries or illnesses. The issues and practices governing worker’s compensation are the same for nonprofit organizations. An employer’s obligation to provide worker’s compensation insurance is governed by state law. Worker’s compensation benefits will be awarded to employees who sustain work-related injuries. It is ordinarily sufficient if the employee simply shows that he or she sustained an injury in connection with the performance of his/her duties. Your employee handbook should outline provisions for worker’s compensation including: a brief description of the amounts of benefits available, the principal eligibility restrictions, and any obligations that employees have to report accidents and injuries in the work place. • Eligibility of Board Members and Volunteers Board members and volunteers of a nonprofit organization can be covered by worker’s compensati
