{"title":"Health and safety (consultation with employees) regulations 1996.","authors":"N Hammond","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700312","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) introduced the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 (HSCER) on 1st October, 1996. The HSCER 'top up' the existing Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1997 (SRSCR). The HSCER require employers to consult with all employees, not just those covered by representatives appointed by recognised trade unions, on matters relating to health and safety. Employers have the choice of consulting whether directly with employees or via elected representatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 3","pages":"192-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700312","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700312","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) introduced the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 (HSCER) on 1st October, 1996. The HSCER 'top up' the existing Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1997 (SRSCR). The HSCER require employers to consult with all employees, not just those covered by representatives appointed by recognised trade unions, on matters relating to health and safety. Employers have the choice of consulting whether directly with employees or via elected representatives.