Posted By Emyr Evans
I would have thought that a total of 6 union officials should suffice - 3 from both in your case.

Keeping it efficient and effective is the key to a successful committee & I found that (generally) the joint-external tasks performe3d by managers/unions are normally more beneficial than the meetings themselves.

I've sat in too many committees that sit for the sake of "being there"

Posted By Adrian Clifton
Mark

The ACOP for Reg 9 of the SRSCR paragraph 43 states that "the number of management representatives should not exceed the number of employee represenatatives". As this is guidance it is not mandatory.

If you have 2 Safety Reps covering more than 2 specific areas e.g. Engineering workshops, transport, catering etc. it would be reasonable to have 3 managers to attend to cover each area.

Another approach is to have a senior manager (site/ operations manager) to represent all the areas with the remit to pass on all relevant information to departmental managers to action items agreed at the Committee meeting.

I was a Safety Rep for 21 years and used to have upto 8 Reps to 2 managers (Site manager and H&S Manager). We never had any problems with this mix.

Adrian