How would you like to bring your dog to work, create your own hours, and enjoy free lunch five days a week? Although this may sound more like dorm life than corporate life, a growing number of small businesses across America are offering such "work perks" to employees in order to retain top talent and keep costs low.

You may be surprised to learn that you and your fellow volunteers can be disciplined for your behavior as members of the board of directors of your homeowners association or condominium association. Here we explain when it's appropriate for boards to consider disciplining their fellow board members, along with the possible range of action they can take.

In this week's tip, we discuss discipline, specifically how and when you can discipline fellow board members.

One Florida HOA president had a bright idea: Bring other HOA presidents together to share ideas. That organization, the Oviedo HOA Presidents Association, now represents about 40 communities and has monthly meetings featuring a sponsor, a speaker, and updates from local politicians, first responders, and others.