The Determinants of Effective Health and Safety Committees

Abstract

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Regulations which followed it gave trade union safety representatives the right to request management to establish a joint health and safety committee. While such committees have existed in Britain for a considerable number of years they have tended to be confined to large plants in the high and medium accident rate industries. One of the effects of the legislation has been to bring about a major increase in the number of committees, particularly among small firms and those in the traditionally low accident rate industries.

Citation

Beaumont, P.B., Coyle, J.R. and Leopold, J.W. (1982), "The Determinants of Effective Health and Safety Committees", Management Research News, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027793