Top Legal Issues in Managing Volunteers | Volunteering Tasmania and Justice Connect NFP Law

Join us for this special session delivered by Justice Connect’s Not-for-profit Law program.  Justice Connect specialise in providing legal help and support to not-for-profit organisations, to help make sense of the law, stay legally compliant, thrive within complexity, and achieve good governance.

This interactive and practical session will be customised for volunteer-involving organisations and designed to encourage questions, discussion, and active involvement from participants.  After attending this training, volunteer-involving organisations can spend less time navigating complex legal requirements and more time doing what you do best – helping the community thrive! 

Top Legal Issues in Managing Volunteers will include discussion on:

- Defining the volunteer relationship

- Equal opportunity in volunteer recruitment

- The ‘duty of care’ your organisation owes its volunteers

- Work, health, and safety duties

- Child safety requirements

- Legal responsibility for the actions of volunteers

- Risk management processes

- Reviewing or ending the volunteer relationship

- Top tips and additional resources

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements or adjustments, including for physical, sensory or neurodivergent needs. We understand that some individuals may benefit from additional support during online training. Examples of adjustments available include visual modifications, closed captioning, larger font in PDF materials, or other accommodations to ensure a comfortable and inclusive experience.

This meeting will be held via Zoom.  Participants do not have to setup a Zoom account to attend the session, but you will need to download a small application file (download here) if you haven’t used Zoom on your computer before.  For the best experience, please join the Zoom meeting by clicking on the link 5-10 minutes before the session’s scheduled start time to allow time to get setup and troubleshoot technical issues such as sound and video.

Please check your membership status when selecting your ticket type. You can confirm your current financial membership status by emailing team@volunteeringtas.org.au if you are unsure. If you'd like to take advantage of the membership rate, please renew or join up as a member through this membership form.