Prepare

Good preparation helps you to gain the commitment of your employees and their representatives, so that they feel involved and enthusiastic about tackling health and safety together.

This section is about preparing to involve your workforce. It explains:

• why you should talk to your employees about health and safety
• what the law says and how it applies to your workplace
• how to gain commitment from the business and your workforce
• what do union-appointed health and safety representatives do?
• what do workforce-elected health and safety representatives do?
• elections for representatives of employee health and safety

Good practice - prepare

Throughout this site we tell you what you need to do to involve your workforce. You'll also find good practice tips - gathered from the experience of people in other organisations - that show you how you can prepare, plan, consult and improve. Here are some good practice tips for the preparation stage.