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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
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
Volunteering Resource Hub is an initiative of Volunteering Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.