{"id":228,"date":"2016-07-13T12:41:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/risk-management\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:40:19","slug":"volunteer-fact-sheet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/risk-management\/volunteer-fact-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Fact Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Appropriate Responsibilities for Volunteers<\/h3>\n<p>A department should not rely on volunteers to perform duties that are typically performed by permanent employees\u2014other than on a short-term basis. Volunteers should be supplementing the work done by employees, not replacing the need for paid staff.<\/p>\n<h3>Letter to the Volunteer<\/h3>\n<p>To avoid any confusion about the terms of the relationship, the department should send a letter to the volunteer spelling out the begin date, end date (if any), time commitment, responsibilities, who to contact with questions and information about insurance coverage.<br \/>\nSample letter available, <a href=\"https:\/\/panthers.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/s\/USA\/EayTSnR2CjRPtqLSD1S7AOUB3XBj0IWo9qLZ3p8n9x3sVQ?e=ZNNDIM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Insurance Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Liability protection is provided to all officers, employees and agents of the University under Wisconsin Statute, Section 895.46(1). Volunteers acting under the direction and control of the University and for its benefit are considered agents and thus covered. This statute authorizes the State to pay claims based on the negligent acts of employees or agents or to defend employees or agents against allegations of negligence, which may have caused injury or property damage to others provided the employee or agent was acting within the scope of his\/her responsibilities to the University. It is important that volunteers acknowledge mistakes that could lead to potential liability claims and that such incidents be reported promptly by the department to the UW-Milwaukee Risk Management Office.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers are not covered by worker\u2019s compensation, however. If injured during the course of their volunteer work, they would have the same legal rights as any visitor to the campus to seek compensation if the injury resulted from University negligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appropriate Responsibilities for Volunteers A department should not rely on volunteers to perform duties that are typically performed by permanent employees\u2014other than on a short-term basis. 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