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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
Identifying the different between volunteering, work for the dole, internships, and student placements.
Author: Volunteering WA
Organisation level resource, covering policies and procedures that apply to both employees and volunteers.
Author: Volunteering WA
A brief guide on how to protect the privacy of volunteers. Note: Some legislative information is specific to Victoria.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
A brief guide on reimbursement for volunteers.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
A toolkit on identifying and managing risks in your volunteer involving organisation.
Author: Volunteering Australia
Information on sexual harassment claims and volunteers, including information on what sexual harassment is, what policies protect staff and what the legal obligations of an organisation are. Note: some liability information is specific to Victoria.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
This comprehensive handbook provides information on screening as part of the volunteer management cycle, identifying ten steps to screening. Please note that some information will be specific to the Canadian context.
Author: Volunteer Canada
Information provided by the Fair Work Ombudsman on unpaid work.
Author: Fair Work Ombudsman, Australian Government
A handbook on workplace health and safety considerations in relation to volunteer involvement. Note: Some information is specific to Victoria.
Author: WorkSafe Victoria
A comprehensive resource on workplace health and safety that covers volunteer role descriptions, risk management procedures, policies and procedures and volunteer training. Note: Some information is specific to South Australia.
Author: City of Salisbury
High level information on volunteering on a visa.
Author: Volunteering Australia
A guide on creating appropriate volunteer roles, identifying the difference between different types of unpaid roles.
Author: Volunteering Queensland
Information on tax as it relates to volunteer involvement.
Author: Volunteering Australia
Volunteering Resource Hub is an initiative of Volunteering Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.