Consulting and involving your workers

Guidance

Prepare: gain commitment from workers^[1]

Why talk to workers, what the law says, union reps
Plan: decide on the issues^[2]

What and when to consult, what affects engagement, training
Consult: involve workers^[3]

Employer’s duties when consulting, different ways to engage, health and safety committees
Improve: review and make changes^[4]

Review progress, monitor what works, what to do when things don’t work
Health and safety reps^[5]

Help for health and safety reps, materials to use in your workplace
Resources^[6]

Publications, case studies, research

Prepare: gain commitment from workershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/involvement/prepare/index.htm
Plan: decide on the issueshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/involvement/plan.htm
Consult: involve workershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/involvement/consulttips/consult.htm
Improve: review and make changeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/involvement/improve/index.htm
Health and safety repshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/involvement/hsrepresentatives.htm
Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/involvement/resources.htm