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Volunteering

It is good practice for employers to support employees doing volunteer work within the community or for charity. Supporting volunteers helps the organisation to build relationships with the local community and improve how it is perceived within it. Employees who do volunteer work can use the skills that they have developed at work to help the community.

Some organisations, such as charities, can also engage volunteers to carry out work for them. Volunteering agreements are often considered to be informal agreements that do not amount to contracts of employment. However, the employment status of volunteers can be unclear and there have been a number of cases in which volunteers have claimed that they are workers or employees.


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    Eight new equality laws in the pipeline

    by Rob Moss 10 Apr 2025
    by Rob Moss 10 Apr 2025

    Rob Moss examines eight potential new equality laws, including race and disability equal pay rules and dual discrimination claims.

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    Met Police launches ‘Change Needs You’ recruitment campaign

    by Rob Moss 23 Jul 2024
    by Rob Moss 23 Jul 2024

    Met Police recruitment campaign by Pablo and Unlimited agencies says 'Change Needs You' as it looks to hire more police constables.

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    Labour to target sexual harassment of interns and volunteers

    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024

    Labour says it will extend its sexual harassment proposals to cover interns and volunteers.

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    Employees who volunteer as magistrates build vital skills, says MoJ

    by Jo Faragher 21 Apr 2023
    by Jo Faragher 21 Apr 2023

    HR teams should encourage employees to serve as magistrates to build vital transferable skills, according to the Ministry of Justice.

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    Ukraine invasion: a talent acquisition consultant shares her story

    by Nataliia Mytchenko 22 Mar 2022
    by Nataliia Mytchenko 22 Mar 2022

    Talent acquisition consultant Nataliia Mytch shares her experience of escaping Kyiv and what her organisation is doing to support colleagues.

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    Survey highlights business benefits of employing magistrates

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Mar 2022

    Sound judgement and effective decision-making are among the top qualities that HR and recruitment leaders see in people who volunteer...

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    Ministry of Justice seeks 4,000 more magistrates

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Jan 2022

    The Ministry of Justice has launched a recruitment drive for 4,000 new magistrates across England and Wales – the largest...

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    by Personnel Today 16 Nov 2021

    New for 2021, Personnel Today’s People and Purpose Award celebrates employers that put sustainability and purposeful work at the heart of everything they do.

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    What does purposeful business mean for HR?

    by Jo Faragher 26 May 2021
    by Jo Faragher 26 May 2021

    Research shows that employees seek out organisations that value purpose over profit. But what role does HR have in mobilising action on ESG? Jo Faragher investigates.

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    Vaccine volunteers face “overload of bureaucracy” to support roll-out

    by Jo Faragher 4 Jan 2021
    by Jo Faragher 4 Jan 2021

    Medical professionals such as dentists say they have been unable to offer support to administer coronavirus vaccines due to an...

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    Matt Hancock supports military-style reservists system for NHS

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Nov 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Nov 2020

    The NHS could gain a pool of reservists similar to those provided for the police and army under a proposal to extend the coronavirus volunteer scheme.

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    Why the time is right to consider staff volunteering schemes

    by Ed Mayo 30 Sep 2020
    by Ed Mayo 30 Sep 2020

    Good employers should take note of the increased interest in voluntary work, driven by the community spirit the early stages...

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    Volunteer projects ‘better for skills development than another training course’

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Sep 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Sep 2020

    Half of employees want to use their professional skills on volunteer projects.

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    Don’t switch off employee volunteering schemes this summer

    by Steve Butterworth and Chris Hillman 8 Jul 2020
    by Steve Butterworth and Chris Hillman 8 Jul 2020

    The summer months are often a great opportunity for employee volunteering projects. But despite social distancing restrictions, there are still...

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    Rail workers critical of plans for face mask volunteers

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Jun 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Jun 2020

    Government plans to recruit volunteers who will monitor and guide rail passengers at stations have run into strong criticism from...

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