Posted By Hayley McBride After much justifying and persuasion, I have finally convinced the company I work for to have a H&S committee representative of the whole organisation. I was planning to invite members of the organisation ranging from the CEO, the board, senior managers right down to the staff on the floor to join and use this committee as a forum to provide health and safety information and allow for two way communication to openly happen. Now I have been told (by one particular Senior manager) that there is a legal process that has to be followed to vote people onto a committee. I see this particular managers comments as another obstacle in a long line of obstacles I have had to overcome to raise the awareness of Health and Safety within this company. Can anyone advise me as to the correct (and legal) way of setting up a health and safety committee? Many thanks to all.

Posted By Anthony Edwards Hayley, An extract from the Safety representatives and safety Committees Regulations When appointing safety representatives the trade union will inform the employer of the group or groups of employees represented. They may for example say that all the employees in a particular category are represented or, alternatively, only their own members. If some employees are not members of a trade union recognised by the employer, but are part of a group of employees for which a union is recognised, they may be covered by the consultation arrangements with the union safety representative. If they are not members of such a group, or if the union safety representative(s) cover only their own members, then the employer needs to make arrangements to consult these employees - either directly or through representatives elected by them for this purpose under the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996. Regards Nutty

Posted By jervis Hayley i have not long set up a safety committee to involve Union safety reps. The HSE / TUC / ACAS websites where very usefull good luck hope it goes well.

Posted By jervis Good luck Patrick

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