How your H&S committee will work

The best way to set out the basic rules and procedures of how the health and safety committee will work is to have a written constitution on what they will do to manage health, safety and welfare together.

This should include its:

• purpose and objectives;
• membership;
• meeting arrangements; and
• arrangements for reporting the outcome of meetings to employees.

ACAS can provide more information about committee constitutions, including a checklist on their website.

The idea is to create the most effective arrangements for your business, and co-ordination between the work of the committee and the health and safety representatives on the committee.

• How to set up your H&S committee
• Membership of your H&S committee
• Frequency of meetings
• What your H&S committee will do
• Decision making
• Committee resources