[MUD-Dev] The Solution to Criminalizing Community Volunteers?

[Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt]

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Jon Morrow wrote:
>
> Of course, I must start the list of suggestions to avoid proving myself=
 a
> hypocrit:
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> 1) For commercial organizations, a contract should be supplied for the
> volunteer simply stating acknowledgement that they work without compens=
ation
> and in the event of dissatisfaction they reserve the right to discontin=
ue
> their service. The organization also states that they reserve the right=
 to
> "fire" the volunteer if they are dissatisfied with services rendered. (=
If I
> am not legally correct here, someone please intervene)
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> Regards,
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> Jon Morrow

A main issue of the case is minimal wages. One could argue that the=20
job volunteers do is so much part of their ordinary use of the online
service, that this does not count for full time. To defuse any=20
misconceptions, such a contract should also specify how much the user
is being compensated for (ie. administration time counts for atmost=20
x hours of online use pr. week). If the user then put more work into=20
the volunteer work, the company should not be blamed. Of course neither
should the company expect more from the volunteer.=20

Problems;=20
  * The user should then be taxed for any compensations?
  * Unions may claim other rules apply (i have no idea what,=20
       theyre _so_ inventive)
  * Disgruntled volunteers may sue the company, if they feel they are "fi=
red"
       because the company wanted more workhours (than stated in the cont=
arct).


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