Contact WorkSafe
Tel: 1300 307 877
Email us
24 hour serious incident and fatality reporting line
Freecall: 1800 678 198
Mason Bird Building
303 Sevenoaks St
Cannington WA 6107
View on Google Maps
Health and safety committees provide a forum for consulting on health and safety management across the workplace. They allow businesses to work together with workers on health and safety matters.
A health and safety committee can be established on the initiative of the PCBU or at the request of a health and safety representative (HSR), or five or more workers. The PCBU must establish a committee within two months of receiving the request.
The membership of a committee should be agreed between a PCBU and workers subject to the following;
The main functions of the health and safety committee are to:
The health and safety committee must meet at least once every three months, or at any other time when at least half of the committee members make a request.
Further information
Last modified: