Health and Safety Consultation with Employers Regulations 1996 as amended

6 Health and Safety (Consultation with Employers) Regulations 1996 (as amended) 

The law is different if there are employees within the organisation who are not represented under the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977. 

If two or more union-appointed health and safety representatives request, in writing, that the employer set up a health and safety committee, then it must be done within 3 months of the request. 

Although there is no such requirement if the employer consults health and safety representatives elected by the workforce, it is good practice to do so. 

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