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        From:  Michaele T. Haynes[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:  Tuesday, March 31, 1998 4:30 PM
        To:  [log in to unmask]
        Subject:  Re: Volunteers and Security

        On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Bill Mulligan wrote:

        I can't find a regulation on volunteering by non-exempt staff,
but I
        remember a big problem several years ago after our public TV
station had
        one of its bi-weekly fund drives. The regular staff
'volunteered' to work
        very long hours as a donation to the station. The Department of
Labor was
        not amused, and, if I remember correctly, assessed a large fine.
        Best.

        Michaele and David Haynes       [log in to unmask]

        But if the staff could use the hours as a "donation" to the
station, couldn't that be written off their taxes?  I know that's what
my husband and I do with the museum we volunteer at.  Apparently, we can
take a mileage deduction and a time deduction.  Did the staff do that?
Actually, I'm glad to hear the Department of Labor actually *does*
something.  We have a situation here with people not paying what's been
mandated (gov't stuff) and no one will do anything about it.  Just makes
me sick  :-(

        Amy.