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Human Resources Procedures/Guidelines\ Category: Volunteers and Placements
Approved by Human Resources
Date Approved February 14, 2008

Volunteer And Placement Guidelines (pdf)

Purpose

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide information about issues relating to the use of individuals who perform services for the City of Toronto as volunteers or in placement situations. The guidelines are intended to clarify roles and responsibilities and define lines of communication and accountability.

Note: Most of the following guidelines apply to volunteers and those who work in placements but in some cases the guidelines refer to volunteers only or those who work in placements only.

Definitions

Volunteer: An individual who provides services to the City without compensation.

Placement: A temporary work assignment performed by an individual, without compensation:

• as part of a school/college/university program
• as part of a social agency program for the purpose of workplace exposure

Principles

Volunteers and those who work in placements:

• have distinct but complementary roles from paid employees
• are not recruited to replace or displace paid employees
• do not work as part-time paid staff equivalents
• are not deployed to replace paid employees during labour disputes

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