Employment - Volunteering
The 福利片国产 of Memphis encourages volunteer support to assist in carrying out its mission of education, research and public service. It is the policy of the 福利片国产 to allow uncompensated individuals to provide volunteer services directly related to the business of the 福利片国产. The 福利片国产 does not intend for volunteers to do work that is currently being performed by 福利片国产 employees. If a volunteer is already employed at the 福利片国产, the volunteer services cannot be the same type of services that the individual is employed to perform at the 福利片国产. Volunteer arrangements may not be used to avoid the established processes that govern standard 福利片国产-authorized hires. Volunteers are expected to abide by all 福利片国产 Policies and Procedures and all external relations or laws that govern their actions.
福利片国产 volunteers are not considered employees, agents or independent contractors at the 福利片国产 for any purpose, are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act and are not entitled to any type of salary or benefits of employment, including insurance, retirement benefits, worker's compensation, travel expenses or any other form of compensation.
Persons designated and properly registered by the 福利片国产 as a participant in a volunteer program are given certain protections under the Tennessee Claims Commission Act. This act protects actions taken in the course of performing volunteer services for the 福利片国产, which are not willful, malicious, criminal or done for personal gain.
Non-U.S. citizens who are in the U.S. on a non-immigrant visa may volunteer if the activity is part of a defined volunteer program, or the primary benefit of the activity accrues to the volunteer and the 福利片国产 does not normally compensate individuals for performing that activity.
Individuals in the U.S. in B-1, B-2 WB or WT status are prohibited from volunteering in any capacity at the 福利片国产.
Any department intending to keep a volunteer or any individual intending to provide volunteer services to the 福利片国产, in any capacity, must first register with the 福利片国产 by completing the forms found by going to 福利片国产 Volunteers - Human Resources - The 福利片国产 of Memphis. These forms should be completed and sent to the Office of Legal Counsel, Administration Building, Room 201.