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The fine line between volunteers and employees

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 23 2012

The third sector comprises a large number of volunteers and has done so for many years

Rural employment protecting your business

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 16 2011

Very often the contracts of employment put in place for workers employed in traditionally rural jobs are basic and will do no more than comply with the statutory minimum requirements

The Equality Act 2010: what you need to know

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 22 2010

Some concerns have been raised, in the media at least, about the impact of the Equality Act 2010 on the ability of charities to restrict benefits to specific groups within the community to the exclusion of others

The impact of the Equality Act

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 1 2010

Anyone listening to the radio or watching the news on 1st October will have picked up on the fact that new discrimination legislation took effect at the beginning of the month

Status counts

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 9 2010

Charities are perhaps unusual in that "employees" may be in the minority and volunteers, secondees and "casual workers" may make up the majority of the workforce

Volunteers and employment protection

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 13 2010

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently handed down a decision confirming that volunteers are not protected by the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act ("DDA"