Waivers Tab

Everyone is concerned about the safety of volunteers. Affiliates strive to make work sites as safe as possible and to prevent accidents from happening. However, accidents may occur and a volunteer may be injured. And if someone is injured while working with your affiliate, there is always the chance that person will sue. Therefore, your affiliate needs to consider ways to protect yourself from financial risk if someone files suit after he or she is injured while working with your affiliate.

One way your affiliate can protect itself is by requiring each volunteer to sign a Release and Waiver of Liability before doing any work with your affiliate. These waivers serve two related and very important functions. First, they provide legal protection to your affiliate in case of potential lawsuits. Equally as important, they help to educate the volunteer about the potential hazards of volunteering with your affiliate.

The Waivers tab allows you to record waiver and emergency contact information and make this information available to work sites for ready access should an accident occur. If there are two persons associated with a volunteer record, a drop-down list appears that will allow you to create separate waiver information for each person.

The Waivers tab contains the following fields:

Emergency Contact pane

Name - name of person to contact should an emergency occur
Relationship - relationship of emergency contact to volunteer
Address - address of emergency contact
Home Phone - home phone of emergency contact
Work Phone - work phone of emergency contact

Medical Information pane

Allergies - list of any allergies the volunteer has
Medications - list of any medications the volunteer is taking
Tetanus Date - the date the volunteer had their last tetanus shot

Waiver Date field

The date the waiver and release of liability was signed by the volunteer

Physician pane

Name - the name of the volunteer’s physician
Address - the address of the physician
Phone - the phone number of the physician

Insurance pane

Company Name - the name of the volunteer’s insurance company
Policy Number - the volunteer’s insurance policy number
Agent Name - the volunteer’s insurance agent’s name

Notes field

Use for any notes that may be helpful is a case of an emergency. Double-click the Notes field to open a larger editing window.