Your branch health and safety reps are:
Waste and Cleansing:
- Chas Cartwright 0774 576 3787
- Ian Urquhart 0745 666 1212
Housing Property:
Colin Day 0737 826 0157 colin.day@unitetheunion.org
Elsewhere:
- Marilyn Moore 0738 892 8540 marily.moore@unitetheunion.org
- Andy Roberts 0790 005 8148 andy.roberts@unitetheunion.org
- Graeme Smith 0771 948 1092 graeme.smith2@unitetheunion.org
What do health and safety reps do
Health and safety reps protect workers. This can be
- inspecting workplaces for physical risks
- ensuring risk assessment are done properly
- suggesting safer worker practices.
Health and safety reps are a legally recognised role, with certain rights, such as the right to
- have paid time away from work
- have access to workplaces for inspections.
- be consulted with on decisions that impact health and safety
Below you’ll find resources to help protect your health and safety at work.
Read our news about health and safety.
Read coronavirus specific news.
Become a safety rep
You are entitled to paid time off for training and duties as a safety rep.
To become a qualified rep, you need to complete two week-long courses—and there are two further courses to advanced your knowledge.
Contact our branch officials to learn about being a safety rep in our branch.
Dates of safety rep courses on the Unite website.
For H&S reps
Unite’s health and safety pages contain the health and safety guide and a lot of useful resources covering various issues.
Health and safety on the reps’ cloud, including minutes of the H&S meetings.
For conducting inspections
Legalisation
Brown Book includes regulations, code of practice and guidance for the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977. This outlines your rights as a health and safety rep.
The HSE have guides on these pieces of legislation and on how to use them, including risk assessments and forms for checking if employers are meeting the requirements.
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the key piece of legislation.
Six pack
The six pack is a group of 6 regulations that cover specific areas of health and safety in the workplace. These were adopted from EU directives—it is vital we protect the rights and protections in these regulations when the Brexit repeal bill comes.
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992
- The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
- The PPE Regulations 1992
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER).