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Become a Workplace HSR
The primary role of an HSR is to help communicate information about health and safety between employers and the workers. HSRs represent workers on health and safety matters through ongoing consultation and cooperation between workers of a work group and an employer.
If you;re keen to become a workplace health and safety representative, complete and submit the OHS rep registration form y clicking the button below.
The powers & functions of an HSR are to:
Represent workers in a work group on work health and safety matters;
Monitor work health and safety actions taken by the employer;
Investigate work health and safety complaints from workers of the work group; and
Look into any potential workplace health and safety risks to the workers they represent.
a Qualified HSR can exercise additional powers:
To direct unsafe work to stop when they have a reasonable concern that carrying out the work would expose a worker of their work group to a serious risk; and
To issue a ‘Provisional Improvement Notice’ (PIN) when they reasonably believe there is a contravention of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012.
The 6 Steps
to electing an HSR in your workplace
Your CFMEU organiser can help you to organise for a HSR to represent your Workgroup.
The steps below are an outline of what’s involved.
Request is made to the employer (PCBU)
Request is made to form workgroups & have elected occupational Health and Safety Representative/s (HSR). The employer (PCBU) must commence negotiations with the workers within 14 days after a request is made. Part 5 Consultation, representation and participation Division 3-Health and safety representatives Subdivision 1-Request for election of health and safety representatives Section 50 - Request for election of health and safety representative WH&S Act 2012
Request is made to the employer (PCBU)
Request is made to form workgroups & have elected occupational Health and Safety Representative/s (HSR). The employer (PCBU) must commence negotiations with the workers within 14 days after a request is made. Part 5 Consultation, representation and participation Division 3-Health and safety representatives Subdivision 1-Request for election of health and safety representatives Section 50 - Request for election of health and safety representative WH&S Act 2012
Establish Workgroups
Determine how the election will be conducted
Call for Health and Safety Representative nominations.
Conduct Health and Safety Representative Election Vote is counted
Section 61-Procedure for election of health and safety representatives
Section 62-Eligibility to vote
Section 63-When an election is not required