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What is the best way to hold a people auction at a school?

November 6th, 2012 3 comments

We are talking about having a people auction where students volunteer to do chores like raking leaves and such but I can’t find a lot of information on it. What are some of the legality issues? What are some suggestions?
I’m not talking about slavery dingbats. It’s purely on a volunteer basis and they come up with the chore they are willing to do.

It’s not a "people auction". It’s a SERVICES auction. You’re not selling people, you’re selling a service they’re willing to do.
From a legal standpoint, the biggest thing I can think of is, who will be liable if someone gets hurt while doing the service? Or if in the process of doing the service, the person damages someone’s property? (For example, accidentally sticks the rake handle through a window)
Because the school is the "middleman" in the transaction, someone might try to pull them into a lawsuit. It might be possible to write some kind of waiver into the process but you’ll need good legal advice to do that.