5Chapter Safety Committees

Occupational health and safety: a comment on Mullen

New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations ◽

10.26686/nzjir.v16i2.3109 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

Author(s):

D. W. Farlow

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Code Of Practice ◽

Safety Committees ◽

Interpretation Of Results

The paper by Elizabeth A. Mullen (1990) contains a number of assumptions and assertions that cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged. In addition, the survey itself seems to be based on an inappropriate sample with the particular interpretation of results creating a potentially false impression. The debate concerning the Code of Practice for Health and Safety Representatives and Health and Safety Committees has often been plagued with confusion and misunderstanding and, regrettably, Mullen's paper continues these problems.

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Assessing risk for healthcare workers during the pandemic: don’t forget workplace safety committees or aerosol generating procedures

BMJ ◽

10.1136/bmj.n950 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. n950

Author(s):

Raymond M Agius ◽

Lewis T Hughes ◽

Denise Kendrick ◽

John F R Robertson ◽

Marcia Stewart

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Workers ◽

Workplace Safety ◽

Safety Committees

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Statutory Safety Representatives and Safety Committees: Legal and Industrial Relations Implications

Journal of Industrial Relations ◽

10.1177/002218568202400302 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 337-364 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

W.B. Creighton

Keyword(s):

Industrial Relations ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Safety Issues ◽

Statutory Provision ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Sufficient Detail ◽

Structured System ◽

Safety Committees ◽

Practical Implications

This article examines the increasingly important issue of the role of statutory safety representatives and safety committees in helping to promote and protect the health, safety and welfare of the Australian workforce. It consists first of an examination of the development of statutory provision in this area in the United Kingdom, culminating in the passing of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the introduction of the far-reaching Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations of 1977. It then describes and analyses the reception of these provisions, and the philosophy which underpins them, in Australia. Thirdly, it attempts to identify and discuss some of the more important legal and practical implications of this kind of statutory provision. There is reason to suppose that some of these issues have not been analysed in sufficient detail in either Britain or Australia, but overall it is clear that a properly structured system of statutory safety representatives/com mittees can play an important and constructive part in helping to promote a proper awareness of health and safety issues in this country.

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The depoliticization of health and safety committees and representation: The Ontario case

Capital & Class ◽

10.1177/03098168211061584 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 030981682110615

Author(s):

Alan Hall

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Historical Development ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Theory Analysis ◽

Economic Framework ◽

Canadian Data ◽

Joint Health ◽

Safety Committees ◽

Political Economic ◽

Responsibility System

Studies in several national jurisdictions have highlighted the limitations of joint health and safety committees and worker representatives in affecting change in working conditions. Using Canadian data, this article focuses on the argument that many health and safety committees and worker representatives have been captured or substantially controlled through the State’s promotion of an internal responsibility system framed around a technocratic partnership. The historical development of this framing is first understood within a political economic framework which highlights several major influences, followed by a field theory analysis which explains how these control relations are established by management within workplace settings.

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