Not Governed by....but acting as if you are
We are surrounded by regulations that we have to operate inside of in order to ensure that we stay on the right side of the law.
How about selecting to be goverened by laws that do not actually apply to you? For example the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to employers wth over 50 employees - but my association (5 employees) has chosen to act as if governed by its provisions.
How about SOx - No, not the Red or White ones, but the Sarbanes Oxley Act passed by Congress as a response to scandals such as Enron? while designed primarilly for public companies, the act provides outstanding guidance on control documentation for all organizations.
I will cheerfully let a lawyer correct me on this, but I believe that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (the bit that precludes discrimination on the basis of on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin) only applies to entities with more than 15 employees.
For all of those associations that are not governed by these provisions (and others) it might be worth invesigating whether declaring your intent to act within the regulations might at least show a commitment to fairness and transparency.
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