EFFECTIVE SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETINGS CAN HAVE A MAJOR POSITIVE IMPACT ON CORPORATE CULTURE Since the early 1990s, businesses with more than 15 employees have been required by the New Hampshire Department of Labor (NHDOL) to conduct quarterly safety committee meetings. Starting in the late 1990s and continuing to the present day, NHADA Loss Prevention has been assisting WCT members with facilitating these meetings in an effort to enhance their effectiveness. Let’s take a look at what the NHDOL requires, discuss the many benefits of a productive safety committee and how NHADA Loss Prevention can help. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JOINT LOSS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE A. All employers of 15 or more employees shall establish a working Joint Loss Management Committee, composed of equal numbers of employer and employee representatives, or more employee representatives as follows: 1. The size and composition of the Joint Loss Management Committee shall be determined as follows: a. Employers with 15 to 20 employees shall have a minimum of two members. b. Employers with more than 20 employees shall have a minimum of four members. 2. Employee representatives shall be selected by the employees; 3. Where the employees are represented by a single, exclusive bargaining representative, the bargaining representative shall designate the members; 4. Where the employees are represented by more than one labor organization or where some but not all of the employees are represented by a labor organization, each bargaining unit of represented employees and any residual group of employees not represented shall have a proportionate number of committee members based on the number of employees in each bargaining unit or group; and 5. Committee members shall be representatives of the major work activities and geographical area of the employer. B. Committee members shall be trained in workplace hazard identification and accident and incident investigation adequately enough to carry out the committee's responsibilities. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOINT LOSS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE The Joint Loss Management Committee shall: A. Meet at least quarterly to carry out its duties and responsibilities; B. Keep minutes of meetings which shall be made available for review by all employees; BY BRIAN DUPLESSIS NHADA WCT LOSS PREVENTION SUPERVISOR LOSS PREVENTION CAN ASSIST WITH SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETINGS REQUIRED QUARTERLY BY NH DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 22
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