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Document ID (ISN)68746
CIS number 97-355
ISBN(s) 0-11-054839-6
Year 1996
Convention or series no. Statutory Instruments 1996 No.1513
Title Health and Safety - The Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information HMSO Books, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1996. 7p. Price: GBP 1.95.
Abstract These Regulations (entry into force 1 Oct. 1996) provide for further implementation in Great Britain of Directive 89/391/EEC (see CIS 89-1401). They require employers to consult either their employees directly or representatives elected by their employees where there are employees not represented by safety representatives appointed by trade unions. Contents: duty of an employer to consult; persons to be consulted; duty of employer to provide information; functions of safety representatives; training, time off and facilities for safety representatives and time off for candidates. Schedules cover pay for time off and provisions as to industrial tribunals.
Descriptors (primary) United Kingdom; information of personnel; workers' participation
Descriptors (secondary) law; responsibilities of employers
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Workers' participation
OSH training