WORKPLACE RESOURCES
External Resources
Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)
SHRM equips HR professionals and those interested in HR work with knowledge, resources, skills, and support.
Free resources are available, as well as a membership which includes an extensive template library, newsletters and articles on HR topics, and the “Ask an Advisor” feature where you can directly connect with an HR expert for a certain number of inquiries per year.
Employers Association of New Jersey
EANJ is a nonprofit membership association comprised of employers in New Jersey dedicated to helping members make sound and responsible employment decisions through education, informed discussion and training.
Membership is at the organizational level and includes access to an unlimited HR Helpline, discounted rates on online trainings, and an extensive archive of recorded webinar trainings.
Parent Artist Advocacy League
Parent Artist Advocacy League for Arts + Media (PAAL) is a national community, resource hub, and solutions generator for individuals with caregiver responsibilities and institutions who strive to support them.
Their website includes many free HR resources and templates, information about compassion training, and grants for childcare needs.
Raw Signal Group - Newsletter and Training
Raw Signal Group offers management and leadership training for leaders in growing organizations. Their free newsletter offers digestible information and concrete tools for supervision and personnel management.
Pay Equity Standards
The Pay Equity Standards are a rubric and public symbol for equitable pay practices within a theatre company.
Designed as a checklist, the Pay Equity Standards lay out a path to establishing equitable pay using a three-pronged approach to pay equity: Transparency, Working Conditions, and Accountability.
ArtsPay NJ
ArtsPay NJ is a long-term project to build pay equity in the arts in our state. Coordinated by the Arts Service Organizations of New Jersey and designed by data analytics firm Baker Richards, this project offers reports and an interactive dashboard of the results from a field-wide survey of individuals and organizations.
Employee Handbooks
New Jersey Theatre Alliance Employee Manual
The New Jersey Theatre Alliance Employee Manual was updated and approved in 2022. It was designed as both an internal document for the Alliance and as a document that could be used as a sample and template for member theatres.
Of/By/For All Employee Handbook
Of/By/For All is an organization dedicated to increasing equitable practice and community engagement in cultural organizations. They’ve made their employee handbook available online as well as a brief article about how they created it.
Member Theatre Handbooks
Several Alliance Member Theatres have offered to share their employee handbooks with peers. Member theatres working to create their employee handbooks or may reach out to the following individuals to request access to their handbooks and hear about their process.
Sam De La Riva, General Manager, Two River Theater: sdelariva@trt.org
Austin Brecht, Director of Human Resources, McCarter Theatre Center: abrecht@mccarter.org
Stephanie Kingbury, Managing Director, The Growing Stage: skingsbury@growingstage.com
Policy Templates
Coming Soon!
The Alliance HR Working Group is creating downloadable templates for policies including:
- Sexual Harassment Policy
- Anti-Discrimination Policy
- Grievance/Reporting Procedure
- Complaint Form
- Whistleblower Policy
- Working with Minors Policy
We anticipate that these templates will be available on this site by September 2024.
Equity and Access Statements
New Jersey Theatre Alliance Statement
We encourage all member theatres to publicly post a statement reflecting their commitment to equity, access, diversity, inclusion, and other values related to justice.
The Alliance statement, linked below, was created by the staff and the Equity and Access committee, and approved by the full board in 2020.
If a theatre doesn’t have its own statement yet, or if they would like to include the Alliance statement along with their own, they may link to the Alliance statement with the following text: “As members of New Jersey Theatre Alliance, we share the commitment to and core values of Equity and Access. View the New Jersey Theatre Alliance Statement of Commitment here.”
Member Theatre Sample Statements
Many member theatres have public statements of commitment available to view on their websites. A selection of examples are below.
The Growing Stage: The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey