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...