salary

Tracy Careyette, Chief Financial and Operations Officer, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits

The Essential Nonprofit Employee Handbook Template (Nonprofit HR, 2014) gives an outline of what sections to include in an employee handbook and the details of what would be included under the following topical sections: 

Fact Sheet #17A: Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer & Outside Sales Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act - "The FLSA requires that most employees in the United States be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime pay at time and one-half the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek. [...] Job titles do not determine exempt status.

Discusses overtime pay and includes examples for non-exempt employees. (United States Department of Labor)

Computing Overtime Pay

When questions about a nonprofit leader’s exceptionally high salary make the front page of the paper, we wince. A single nonprofit is being criticized for being an outlier, but it feels as if all charitable nonprofits and their values are being questioned.

Use this compilation of wage data from the National Compensation Survey to help determine the value of specialized skills when assessing salary levels for a position at your organization. (The Bureau of Labor Statistics)

The board of directors is responsible for hiring, and establishing the compensation (salary and benefits) of the executive director/CEO by identifying compensation that is "reasonable and not excessive," but that also is attractive enough to retain the best possible talent to lead the organization.