volunteer hours

Unpaid community work

Volunteer hours are time spent doing unpaid work for a charitable organization, community service, or public benefit.

The phrase typically appears in contexts where such time is tracked or required: She needs twenty volunteer hours to graduate, The company encourages employees to log volunteer hours.

Schools, courts, and employers often mandate or incentivize accumulating a specific number.

Related

donation · giving · time · charity · helping · good deed · unpaid · commitment · civic duty · logging · tracking · signup · sign-up sheet · shifts · altruism · goodwill · outreach · soup kitchen

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compensation status

volunteer hoursemployment

Paid occupation status

billable hours · wage labor · work hours · salaried work · work for hire

obligation type

volunteer hoursforced labor

Compelled toil, no consent

mandatory service · compulsory labor · indentured service · mandatory overtime

beneficiary focus

volunteer hoursleisure time

Unscheduled waking hours

personal time · free time · downtime · recreation · time off

Family

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