What are the powers and duties of a health and safety representative?
There are several. The health and safety representative will: • consider and expeditiously dispose of health and safety complaints; • ensure that adequate records of work accidents, health hazards and the disposition of health and safety complaints are kept, and regularly monitor these data; • meet with the employer as necessary to address health and safety issues; • if there is no policy committee, participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of programs to prevent hazards in the work place, which also provide for the education of employees in health and safety; • participate in all inquiries, investigations, studies, and inspections pertaining to the health and safety of employees; • cooperate with health and safety officers; • participate in the planning of the implementation of changes that may affect occupational health and safety, including work processes and procedures; • inspect each month all or part of the work place, so that every part of the work place is i
