United Educators Fund

March 2021

Best Practices for Operating Campus Child Care Centers

Child care centers your K-12 school, college, or university operates for children of faculty, staff, or students may provide significant benefits. To minimize liability risks, centers must follow state licensure regulations and detailed guidelines experts in the field develop. These best practices will help you develop policies and actions to protect a vulnerable population.
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Higher Education

Misconduct

March 2021

Monitor Risks and Repeat the Process by Starting the Next Round of ERM

Resilient enterprise risk management (ERM) programs monitor the risk landscape throughout the year to adapt to change. They learn from risk management efforts at the end of that year’s ERM cycle before beginning a new cycle the following year. Consider the following strategies to adapt throughout the year, as well as how to close the loop at the end of the year and begin the ERM cycle again the following year.
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March 2021

Addressing Potential Unionization by Student Faculty Assistants

In March 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) withdrew a proposed rule that would have prohibited treating student teaching and research assistants as "employees," so they can unionize and bargain collectively with their educational institutions. This piece helps administrators prepare for possible union organizing activity.
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