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Can an unpaid volunteer sue for harassment?

Can an unpaid volunteer sue for harassment?

Can an unpaid volunteer sue for harassment?

I am an unpaid volunteer editor of a nonprofit organization’s newsletter. I am being harassed and retaliated against. Life has been made hell by the president and her friend the treasurer. They are out to get me. Can I file a lawsuit or an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint? Do I have a voice? —From the website. As a volunteer and not a paid employee, you probably don’t have much of a case in court or before the EEOC. There are a few cases in which a volunteer position generally leads to employment or the volunteer role is so much like an employment relationship that courts have allowed Title VII civil rights suits to proceed. ( See Nonprofit Issues ® , 1/16/13 . ) If you...

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