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Managing people

Find out key legal obligations to your employees, volunteers and members.

Content last updated 24/09/2024

Managing people


COVID-19 

As the impact of COVID-19 on the Australian community evolves, organisations may continue to face workplace challenges. For example, managing issues related to COVID-19 vaccinations, employee sickness and attending the workplace. See the Fair Work Ombudsman webpage 'COVID-19 and workplace laws' for more information.


  • differences in law between volunteers, employees and independent contractors
  • legal obligations community organisations owe to different types of workers, and
  • some of the consequences of wrongly classifying a worker

  • what a consumer representative is
  • legal issues that arise when making payments to consumer representatives, and
  • what your organisation should make consumer representatives aware of when engaging them


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