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Volunteering, work experience and student placements
Volunteering, unpaid work experience and internships, and student or vocational placements are different kinds of unpaid arrangements. Done right, they benefit individuals and workplaces. Unpaid work arrangements are not a substitute for paid workers.
Honorariums
Honorariums are payments given to volunteers, hobbyists or professionals providing free services as a way to say ‘thank you’.
Before engaging someone in an unpaid role — for businesses and organisations
Before your organisation or business takes on a volunteer, unpaid intern or work experience student, or some other type of unpaid role, it’s important to take the time, and the steps, to getting it right.
Hobbyists: creativity for the love of it
Pursuing a hobby is different from running a business or having a job. Hobbyists can make money from their art, but it isn’t the main reason they do it.
Statement by a supplier
A Statement by a Supplier is a tax form that can be used to pay a hobbyist. Only a genuine hobbyist can use a Statement by a Supplier form.
