Prepare - good practice tips

Ask how your workforce want to be consulted
Where a trade union is not recognised or has not appointed a safety representative...
Joint involvement - safety committees & inspections
Joint involvement leads to joint problem solving...
Don't decide for your employees
Employee consultation is about taking on board the views of your employees...
Reflect diversity
Employee representatives should reflect as far as possible the diversity of your workforce...
Train your reps
You must work with and train the representatives...
Give it time
If you and the employee representatives allow time to get used to working together...
See things from a shared perspective
Train your managers, supervisors and health and safety representatives together...

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