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• Worker involvement
• The basics
• Health and safety representative
• Prepare
  • Talk to your employees
    • Facts and figures
  • What the law says
    • Which regulations apply
    • 1977 regulations
    • 1996 regulations
    • Both regulations
    • Employment protection
  • Gain commitment
    • Encourage employees
  • Union-appointed reps
    • Represent
    • Attend training courses
    • Contact with inspectors
  • Workforce-elected reps
  • Elections for representatives
    • How many representatives?
    • How often will elections take place?
    • Encourage and involve employees
    • Fair and open election
  • Prepare - good practice tips
    • Consult your workforce
    • Joint involvement
    • Don't decide for your employees
    • Reflect diversity
    • Train your reps
    • Give it time
    • Shared perspective
• Plan
  • Factors to consider
  • What to consult about
    • A competent person
    • Risk assessments
  • When to consult
  • Training
    • Training Providers
  • Planning checklist
  • Plan - good practice tips
    • Scope of consultation
    • Consult employees
    • Provide feedback
    • Address health issues
    • Involve employees
• Consult
  • What your duties are
    • Allow paid time off
    • Provide facilities and assistance
    • Provide information
  • How to involve your employees
    • Consulting directly with employees
    • Consulting indirectly with employees
    • Where English is not the first language
    • Consulting with representatives
      • Investigating accidents, hazards and complaints
      • Inspections of the workplace
  • Set up a H&S Committee
    • How to set up your H&S committee
    • How your H&S committee will work
    • Membership of your H&S committee
    • More about membership
    • Frequency of meetings
    • What your H&S committee will do
    • Decision making
    • What resources will be needed
  • Consult - good practice tips
    • Recognise the role
    • Different work patterns
    • Preferences
    • Involve the representative
    • Plan a programme of inspections
    • Agree the number of representatives
    • Inspect together
    • Consult specialists
    • Break down tasks
    • Involve a variety of people
    • Think about minor incidents
    • Plan meetings in advance
    • Communicate
    • Keep the date
    • Address strategic issues
    • Agreements
    • Disagreements
• Improve
  • Monitoring performance
  • Reviewing progress
  • Meet the challenges
  • Review checklist
  • Improve - good practice tips
    • Signs of success
    • Seek help
• Worker involvement News
• Worker involvement Events
  • Events archive
• Resources
  • Publications
  • Case studies
    • Devonport Docks
    • Overcoming challenges
    • BT Group plc
    • Springfield Fuels
    • UCATT North-West
    • University of Leeds
    • Bristol City Council
  • Research
  • Speeches
    • Lord McKenzie
  • Videos
    • Judith Hackitt
  • Useful links

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