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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 2 Minutes Read December 22, 2017

Top 10 most-read Inside Internal Controls posts for 2017 and Season’s greetings

We are signing off with a list of the top 10 most-read Inside Internal Controls posts for 2017. This year on the Inside Internal Controls blog we’ve been covering some of the hot topics in internal controls, governance, information technology, not-for-profit, and business management among others. The top 10 most-read Inside Internal Controls posts for 2017 include:

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Administration, Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Privacy / cannabis, Competition Law, Copyright Act, defamation, record keeping, tax credits, volunteers

By Marcia Scheffler | 3 Minutes Read September 22, 2015

Is the AODA standard for employment applicable to volunteers? 

Volunteers are crucial to many  not-for-profit and public organizations.  All not-for-profits have volunteers – even if it is just at the Board of Director level.  There is widespread awareness that the training standards for the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) apply to both volunteers and staff in the organization.  But what about the accessibility standard for employment? Is it applicable to volunteers? 

Article by Marcia Scheffler / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights / accessibility, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, AODA and volunteers, charities, employment law, not-for-profit, Ontario Human Rights Code, recruiting process, selection process, volunteer engagement, volunteer management, volunteer screening, volunteers

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read July 31, 2015

The volunteer relationship

Many charities and not-for-profit organizations depend on the dedication and hard work of their volunteers. Volunteer contributions can include fundraising, promotion and advocacy, governance, and service delivery. As such activities are often integrated with day-to-day operations, and integral to an organization’s success, it is important to consider the obligations arising from the relationship between volunteer and organization.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Not for Profit / direction and control over the volunteer's activities, Insurance coverage, vicarious liability, vicariously liable for the actions of their employees, volunteers, working relationship

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