Unite safety rep credentials
Are you a new rep or a safety rep without a safety rep card? If
so, read on…
It's a well established
fact that unionised workplaces with active safety reps are
safer workplaces. Safety reps have considerable
rights to carry out their functions. Full details can be found
in Safety
representatives and safety committees, also known as the
Brown Book,
which can be downloaded here, or
ordered in print by emailing Ray Cawley or calling him
on 020 7780 4014. Make sure you have a copy and know what it says
about safety reps and safety committees.
More resources such as guidance on what safety reps do, inspection
checklists etc can be found
here.
If you become an Unite safety rep, written notification must be
given to your employer stating:
The name of the representative's)
The group of employees represented
So inform your Regional Office of
your appointment. They will write to your employer for you and give
you credentials in the form of a safety rep card,
Then:
make sure you enrol on one of our
safety training courses, for which your employer is obliged to
give you paid release.
join our health and safety news email circulation list by clicking
here
make contact with your local HSE Inspector, contact details for
which can be found here, or with your local
authority Environmental Health Inspector, depending on whether your
employer is covered by the HSE or local authority inspections. If
you are not sure, check your workplace Health and
Safety Law Poster. Employers have a legal duty to display this
poster in a prominent position in each workplace, and if you cannot
find your one, remind your employer of their
obligation.
ensure you have a copy of Safety
representative and Safety committees also known as the
Brown Book,
an essential publication for all safety reps. For a printed copy
please email your address to Ray Cawley or call him on
020 7780 4014
download the new edition of
Unite health and safety guide a comprehensive guide to health
and safety advice. Printed copies will be available on all
Unite safety training courses, so make sure
you enrol on one soon
Visit our
safety reps and inspections page, where a variety of
useful guidance and workplace inspection and report forms can be
downloaded
Ensure you have a copy of Hazards at Work:
Organising for Safe and Health Workplaces, The second
edition of has just been published. This is the TUC’s
essential guide to health & safety law, good practice and
advice. It will answer most of the health & safety related
questions that members and reps ask advice on. A Unite branded
edition is included in the materials provided on our Managing
safely training course so be sure to enrol now.
Alternatively order a copy here -
discounted for Unite members. Your Regional Council may be able to
provide you with funding for a copy, contact details are available
from your Regional Office.
The chapters on individual risks are now available
online.
Subscribe to Hazards magazine,
supported by Unite as a key source of information for union safety
reps. Click
here to subscribe online or for more details.
Subscribe to
Risks, the TUC's weekly online bulletin for safety reps and
others, read each week by over 14,500 subscribers and 1,500 on the
TUC website.
Click here to sign up.
