Buying or Selling a Camp: The Legal Roadmap
After spending enough time in the industry, many camp professionals aspire to own their own camp, just as many former campers and counselors fondly recall their camp memories and dream of getting back into the industry. As a result, especially in certain regions, there are many more buyers than sellers. This often leads to a competitive purchase process and an occasional bidding war when certain camps go on the market. Against this backdrop, a number of camps change hands ev
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Can Camps Employ International Staff Remotely After the Summer?
Camps increasingly find themselves asking a version of the same question: We have a great staff member from overseas. Can we keep them on year-round once they return home? Can they just work remotely for camp from their home country? It’s a reasonable question, particularly for camps that rely on international seasonal staff and would like to retain them beyond the summer months. The legal issue is that, once an employee is working from another country, the employer generally
Mar 42 min read
On-Site Employee Housing: Tenant Rights or Licensee Status?
Camps routinely provide on-site housing to key staff, including the year-round maintenance team, various members of camp leadership, and support staff. Of course, our seasonal staff also live on site throughout the camp season, but some of the most complicated questions arise as to year-round staff with long-term housing arrangements. When the relationship with an employee who lives on site ends, an important legal question often follows: Is that employee a “tenant” who is e
Feb 43 min read
When Unlicensed Staff Work in the Infirmary
It's a common practice across the camp industry for us to have non-medical professionals taking on various roles in the infirmary. Camps often have a large health center support staff, which may include office managers, infirmary assistants, nursing assistants, health center interns, and various others with similar titles. Unlicensed support staff can handle many day-to-day tasks, but their work has boundaries. The real issue is determining which duties they may perform witho
Nov 21, 20253 min read
