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Volunteers Charter
The TUC and Volunteering England have signed a Volunteers’ Charter to strengthen ties between paid staff and volunteers. The Charter sets out a series of principles for employers to follow to encourage a good working relationship between volunteers, employers and paid staff. The TUC is also publishing new guidance to accompany the Charter which explains that while volunteers are not entitled to the same rights as an employee – such as the minimum wage, holiday and sickness pay – they should still receive some form of agreement from the organisation they are volunteering with. The guidance explains that a volunteer’s agreement should include information about the types of roles they will be doing and the support they can expect from the organisation. These agreements also help to make a clear distinction between the work of paid staff and volunteers, says the TUC. http://www.tuc.org.uk/publicsector/tuc-17329-f0.pdf
Last updated on February 21st 2010