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A comprehensive guide to the legal obligations an organisation has for its volunteers. This six part guide includes: 1. Introduction and overview 2. Volunteer, employee or independent contractor? 3. Recruiting, inducting, managing and ending the volunteer relationship 4. Volunteer safety with annexures 5. Workplace behaviour 6. Other legal issues relevant to volunteers
Author: Not-for-Profit Law, Justice Connect
A comprehensive guide covering the WHS duties of a volunteer involving organisation. This resource covers specific topics including volunteering from home, emergency service volunteers, and bullying, harassment and discrimination duties.
Author: Safe Work Australia
A guide identifying the key privacy considerations your organisation should review when involving volunteers, as well as the volunteer and organisation's rights around Intellectual Property.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
An overview of what discrimination is and the types of discrimination that may occur.
Author: Volunteering WA
Provides high level information on how to develop a volunteering policy.
Author: Volunteer Scotland
Legal information on involving young volunteers.
Author: Justice Connect, Not-for-Profit Law
An policy template for protecting volunteer and employee health and safety during a pandemic.
Author: Volunteering Victoria, Institute of Community Directors Australia
A guide on how to protect volunteers and ensure their health and safety. Note: Some information provided is specific to Victoria.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
Information on risk in volunteer involvement during COVID-19. Covering liability over the health of volunteers and discrimination concerns in standing volunteers down.
Author: Volunteering Australia
A comprehensive guide to the legal obligations an organisation has for its volunteers. This six part guide includes: 1. Introduction and overview 2. Volunteer, employee or independent contractor? 3. Recruiting, inducting, managing and ending the volunteer relationship 4. Volunteer safety with annexures 5. Workplace behaviour 6. Other legal issues relevant to volunteers
Author: Not-for-Profit Law, Justice Connect
Information around formal legal structures for volunteering groups.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
Volunteering Resource Hub is an initiative of Volunteering Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.