Trade Union Safety Representatives

11. Partnership with trades unions
The involvement of the workforce is a key component in health and safety successful management. The Health and Safety Management Group has agreed with UNISON to a partnership between the University and the Union, which recognises the advantages of actively involving employees and their representatives in health and safety management. To this end, the Group has agreed that:

• it should promote the benefits of working with union safety representatives, as a source of H&S advice, as a point of liaison with staff locally, and as a way of ensuring compliance with legal duties;
• local trade union safety representatives should be invited to join the inspection team during school and service department inspections;
• management at all levels should recognise the rights of union safety representatives under the Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations 1977 and the Consultation with Employees Regulations 1996, particularly in relation to consulting with them on health and safety matters affecting the employees they represent, inspections of the workplace and investigations of workplace accidents.

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