Employee Representatives
Last updated:Each service has one or more elected employee representatives, part of their role is to represent employees of the service on health and safety matters in accordance with the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996. The role and entitlements of employee representatives are similar to those of the Trade Union-appointed safety representative. Employee representatives can:
- make representations to the employer on potential hazards and dangerous occurrences at the workplace which affect, or could affect, the group of employees they represent;
- make representations to the employer on general matters affecting the health and safety at work of the group of employees they represent and, in particular, on such matters as they are consulted about by the employer
- represent the group of employees they represent in consultations at the workplace with Health and Safety enforcement agencies
Employee representatives also participate in the Local and Corporate Health and Safety Committees and can raise at those meetings any relevant health and safety issues brought to them by the employees they represent.
More details about employee representatives can be found elsewhere on the Intranet.