29th August. Does your community organisation engage volunteers? Do you know the legal differences between paid and unpaid workers? This session provides essential training for anyone in a position of managing or co-ordinating volunteers. Topics covered will include:

• The key legal differences between a volunteer, an employee and an independent contractor (and other ‘statuses’ like work for the dole participants, mutual obligation volunteering, internships etc.).
• The volunteer selection process and anti-discrimination laws
• The importance of volunteer screening and background checks
• The ‘duty of care’ an organisation owes to and for its volunteers
• Volunteers and risk management  
• The importance of volunteer insurance
• Reimbursing or paying volunteers
• Volunteers’ personal information and privacy
• Reviewing volunteer performance and having difficult conversations
• Ending the volunteer relationship

This one day workshop is offered by the NSW Centre for Volunteering. Click here for more information.