'Tis the season to be STRESSED!!!

By Suzanne Boyle, Woods Fund Chicago Assistant Treasurer

December is always a particularly busy month, both at work and at home. At work you’re trying to tie up year-end duties within a finite time. At home you are besieged by responsibilities to family and friends: busy celebrating the holidays and maintaining family traditions with special foods and entertaining. As a result, December is a month when we are often loaded with stress. We feel there is not enough time to get everything done or even to balance work, family, and friends, but we try the balancing act anyway. Continue reading...

DELAYED: Implementation of New City of Chicago Ordinance Requiring More Nonprofit Employees and Directors to Register as Lobbyists

The Chicago City Council recently amended the City’s Governmental Ethics Ordinance (the “Amended Ordinance”) to impose new registration and reporting requirements on individuals who interact with the City of Chicago on behalf of nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve. The new rules were to take effect January 20, 2020, but implementation has been pushed back to April 20, 2020 to provide the Board of Ethics more time to consider the various questions regarding the changes to the ordinance. During the delayed timeframe, Forefront will hold meetings to engage their Members and document questions and concerns.

EEOC and Anti-Harrassment Policies Legal Clinic

If you're an employer, it's time to learn about Illinois' new Workplace Transparency Act effective January 1. The Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights is offering a free clinic for nonprofits to review their EEO & anti-harassment policies, and explain how to comply with the new law.

Click here for more information. APPLY BY JANUARY 3.

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