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Do occupational health and safety laws apply to volunteers?

April 26, 2017community organisation Fact sheet Health Laws not-for-profit Occupational pilchconnect safety volunteers

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Do occupational health and safety laws apply to volunteers?

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All community organisations that have employees, or that operate in a ‘workplace’ have an obligation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic) to protect the health and safety of their volunteers. PilchConnect have developed a guide to help community organisations to work out their obligations under Victoria’s occupational health and safety laws. Please see our Running the organisation > Occupational health and safety page. WorkSafe Victoria has also recently (October 2008) released resources for community organisations which we have linked to in the Related Resources section below.