Using Health and Safety Committees At Work

Book : Using Health and Safety Committees At Work

Language : English

Library : Health-Safety-Environment

Publish Place : Geneva, Switzerland

ISBN : 92-2-108018-8

Publish Date : January 1996

Publisher : International Labour Offıce Geneva

Book Type : Periodical

Book Number : 330

INDEX

What is in this module?
I. Introduction.................................................................... 5
II. Local union health and safety committee......................... 8
A. Who should be on the committee?....................... 8
B. Meetings............................................................. 9
C. Reports................................................................. 9
D. Training and education......................................... 10
E. Negotiating......................................................... 10
F. Government inspections..................................... 11
III. Joint labour-management health
and safety committees...................................................... 13
A. Size of the committee........................................... 15
B. Who should be on the committee?.................. 15
C. Operating procedures and recommendations....... 16
D. Functions and duties of the joint committee......... 18
E. Training for committee members.......................... 22
F. Meetings and minutes......................................... 22
G. Negotiating......................................................... 24
H. Evaluating your committee's effectiveness............ 30
I. Workplace inspections......................................... 32
IV. Legislated committees....................................................... 38
A. Strengths............................................................. 38
B. Weaknesses.......................................................... 38
V. Summary........................................................................... 40
Exercise. Worksite visit and health
and safety committee role play.................... 41
Trade union health and safety strategies........................... 43
General checklist for workplace inspections.................... 44
Your health and safety at work LEGISLATION AND ENFORCEMENT