Health and Safety Committee Policy and Procedure
Editable Word health and safety committee policy and procedure for Queensland businesses: when to set one up, constitution, membership, meetings, standing agenda, minutes and member rights under WHS Act ss 75 to 79.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
A health and safety committee policy and constitution for Queensland businesses. It states when a committee must be set up (on request of an HSR or 5 or more workers, within 28 days), who must be on it, how often it meets and how meetings and minutes are run.
What Is Included In Our Health and Safety Committee Policy and Procedure?
- When a committee must be established and the 28-day rule
- Committee details and how the committee started
- Constitution and membership table with the half-workers calculation
- Committee functions under the WHS Act
- Roles: chair, secretary, members, HSRs and the business
- Meeting timetable, special meetings and quorum
- Standing agenda and minutes layout
- Information access, confidentiality and paid time for members
- Protection of members from victimisation
- Working with HSRs and issue resolution
- Records and annual review of the constitution
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): ss 7, 27, 28, 47 to 49, 72, 75 to 79, 104 to 106; Part 5A (work health and safety officers)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 23, 38, 55H
- Work Health and Safety Consultation, Co-operation and Co-ordination Code of Practice 2021, an approved code of practice. Under s 26A of the WHS Act we must follow an approved code or manage the risk in a way that gives an equivalent or higher standard
What You Get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (5 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
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Brief your crew
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Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
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