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Recommendations
In small tourism and hospitality businesses,
most employees probably don't make a
lot of formal, written recommendations.
That doesn't mean however, that
recommendations made informally are less
important, particularly to the individual
making them. Make sure that you follow up,
gather feedback, and communicate priorities.
Maybe you don't need a formal process in
your setting, but talk about the best way to
make suggestions and share ideas so that
they aren't lost: sending an email, writing it
down in a shared journal — whatever makes
the most sense for your business.
Health & safety laws are written to protect
those who are vulnerable — formal
recommendations may be necessary in
a very large business, where the health
& safety system isn't well understood or
well developed, or where the nature of
the employer-employee relationship is
more adversarial. When Health & Safety
Representatives or Joint Health & Safety
Committee members make written
recommendations to the employer, then the
employer is required to respond, in writing,
within twenty-one days. Your response must
include a timetable for implementing the
recommendations with which you agree, or
the reasons why you don't agree at this time.
Training for Health & safety
Representatives/committee
Members
The law states that you must have a Joint
Health and Safety Committee if your
company has 20 or more employees. The
committee must have at least one worker
representative and one management
representative. The law also states that
at least one worker representative and
one management representative receive
specialized training to carry out their
functions. This training is called Certification.
Please visit our web site for more information.
www.wsps.ca/training
Step 5: The Internal Responsibility System in Action
