Archives: Model Tools

Ask your association’s attorney to help you adapt this letter to give to on-site employees in your community when a member shows you a valid restraining order against an individual.

You can have an owner fill out and submit this form when she wishes to use her unit for other than residential use. By requiring owners to submit this application, the board can head off unwanted business uses before they begin.

Here’s an example of a sexual harassment complaint procedure, developed with the help of employment attorney Charles F. Seemann III and based on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidelines, which you can give to your employees. In keeping with suggestions in the guidelines, the procedure encourages employees who are victims of harassment to complain,…

This Model Certification must be signed by members and returned to your office to certify that all smoke and CO detectors in their units are operable. Show this certification to your attorney before adapting it for use at your community.

Here’s a letter, prepared with the help of security expert Norman Bates, to give to on-site employees when a member shows you a valid restraining order against a spouse or partner. Talk to your attorney about adapting this letter for your own use.

Setting the following rules for the use of your community’s sports courts is a risk management strategy that will protect the association from liability for accidents and injuries that take place there. The rules not only prevent injuries, but also disputes between members.

Before starting your pre-employment screening process, get the job applicant to sign this pre-employment statement that should be a part of, or attached to, your employment application forms. This statement was written with the help of pre-employment background specialist Steven E. Gall and New York labor attorney Peter D. Stergios.

You should have any member who is requesting a membership list sign the following agreement before giving the member access to that information. Ask your association’s attorney about adapting it for use at your community.

Here are rules you can add to the garden-specific rules residents helped draft to create a complete set of garden rules to use for your community. Once all the rules are drafted, give them to the association’s board of directors to have them formally added to the association’s governing documents.

Set rules that members must follow to be able to hang postings on your community bulletin board. Ask your attorney about adapting the following rules for use at your community.