How safe are your Day to Day Operations, Trips, Etc.
Today it is critical to have proper procedures and handbooks in place to cover any possible negelect aspects and then follow them. These should properly cover issues of sexual misconduct, classrooms, transportation, employement, safeguards, and the how and why of each element of daily life at your organization. Negelect is the main aspect of most litigation today. Review each area of risk that you may have, noting how you should deal with them to properly manage them.
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Trip Release Medical Release Hold Harmless Parental Release
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Before your next event take time to have a release form completed for your organization. Today the courts are doing their best to get around release forms. It is therefore, critical to be as specific as possible. Be sure the one signing the form totally understands what they are signing. The following suggested form can be a start but it should be more specific for particular needs as they are reviewed with your legal advisor for your event before using. A general statement stating "by signing you are releasing the ….. of all negligence" will not help much, you must be specific about the event and the risk issues. Quality risk management safeguards that are followed is best instead of depending on a release, it may let you down.
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