Individuals Volunteering

	As a volunteer you have the right;
	to work in a healthy and safe environment (refer various Occupational Health and Safety Acts), to be interviewed and employed in accordance with equal opportunity and anti-discrimination legislation, to be adequately covered by insurance, to be given accurate and truthful information about the organisation for which you are working, to be reimbursed for out of pocket expenses, to be given a copy of the volunteer organisation's volunteer policy and any other policy that affects your work, to have a job description and agreed working hours, to have access to a grievance procedure, to be provided with orientation to the organisation, to have your confidential and personal information dealt with in accordance with the principles of the Privacy Act 1988 and to be provided with sufficient training to do your job.
	As a volunteer you have the responsibility;
	not to fill a position previously held by a paid worker, not to do the work of paid staff during industrial disputes.