Do you pay for professional memberships?
Reggie02
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 01-22-04 AT 04:47PM (CST)[/font][br][br]I am wondering if your organization pays for employees professional organization membership dues. I work in higher education and our department has a policy to pay up to $100 for any employees professional organizational membership dues based on current salary. Following is the excerpt from our department policy manual:
The department supports it members joining and participating in professional organizations. By participating, we mean attending meetings, participating in awards and critique contests, serving on professional organization committees, running for elected office, etc.
Support for membership dues:
a. $100 per fiscal year for those staff members making less than $35,000
b. $75 per fiscal year for those staff members making between $35,001 - $40,000
c. $50 per fiscal year for those staff members making between $40,001 - $45,000
d. No financial support for membership dues will be allocated to those staff members making more than $45,000 per year.
I would like to know what kind of support is provided by other employers, not just educational institutions.
Thanks!
Thank you for your comments. You are all correct that there is terrific benefit (in most cases)from staff belonging to professional organizations especially when they are active in them. It does bring recognition to the institution.
It's good to know that so many employers recognize the value of and support professional organization memberships.
The department supports it members joining and participating in professional organizations. By participating, we mean attending meetings, participating in awards and critique contests, serving on professional organization committees, running for elected office, etc.
Support for membership dues:
a. $100 per fiscal year for those staff members making less than $35,000
b. $75 per fiscal year for those staff members making between $35,001 - $40,000
c. $50 per fiscal year for those staff members making between $40,001 - $45,000
d. No financial support for membership dues will be allocated to those staff members making more than $45,000 per year.
I would like to know what kind of support is provided by other employers, not just educational institutions.
Thanks!
Thank you for your comments. You are all correct that there is terrific benefit (in most cases)from staff belonging to professional organizations especially when they are active in them. It does bring recognition to the institution.
It's good to know that so many employers recognize the value of and support professional organization memberships.
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Running for elective office? NO! That's a personal decision and woule benefit the individual, not the company.
As to the second, I assume "running for elected office" means an elected office of the organization. I think in many, many cases, perhaps particularly in higher ed, running for and winning a leadership role in a professional organization can pay big dividends for the employer as well as the employee.
For that matter, if you're in public higher ed, running for elective governmental office can help your employer as well.
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