Find out more about how The Health and Safety Work Act applies to volunteers and officers who are volunteers.
The obligations, duties and rights contained in HSWA make it clear that everyone has a role to play in ensuring health and safety at work. Here we explain how HSWA applies to volunteers.
Under HSWA, volunteer officers have a due diligence duty to ensure a business complies with its duties and obligations.
This fact sheet explains the health and safety duties of a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) that engages volunteers.
