Elected Health and Safety Representative

Policy

We have an elected health and safety representative (HSR). Their main responsibility is to represent staff on health and safety matters. This involves:

• supporting worker engagement and participation in health and safety
• raising and investigating general and specific concerns and complaints
• monitoring the health and safety measures taken by the practice and giving the practice feedback about compliance and hazards
• making recommendations to the practice
• looking after the interests of staff who have been harmed at work.

The practice allows the HSR:

• paid leave for training – usually up to two days per year
• paid training fees, and any reasonable associated costs

A trained HSR has power under the Act to direct workers to cease work, and to issue provisional improvement notices, in certain conditions.

If you have an elected health and safety representative, tell us. This person must have been elected by other staff members. It will not be the same person as your designated health and safety person.