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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. Volunteer safety with annexures 4. Workplace behaviours 5. Recruiting, inducting, managing and ending the volunteer relationship 6. Organisational issues
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. Volunteer safety with annexures 4. Workplace behaviours 5. Recruiting, inducting, managing and ending the volunteer relationship 6. Organisational issues
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.