Human and Organisational Factors: Workforce involvement
Trying to improve workforce involvement without a clearly thought out approach could actually make things worse rather than better; this page and the resources contained within it aim to provide information on how to make the introduction of workforce involvement into your company a great and lasting success.
According to the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE): "involving workers in health and safety leads to healthier and safer workplaces and produces a range of benefits for workers and managers".
Workforce Involvement (WFI) is generally used to describe the ways in which workers, including contractors, are encouraged to take part in discussion and the decision making process for managing health and safety at work. It can be difficult to engage workers and ensure effective involvement. Recently there has been a move towards greater involvement of employees in decision making due to the business and safety benefits of increased workforce involvement.
Recently there has been a move towards greater involvement of employees in decision making due to the business and safety benefits of increased workforce involvement. It is recognised that workforce ownership and participation in health and safety is essential for safety management to be effective, in particular in establishing a positive safety culture.
Guidance on effective workforce involvement in health and safety
The Guidance on effective workforce involvement in health and safety has been developed has been developed for anyone who wants to find out more about effective workforce involvement in health and safety. It is aimed at employers, managers, safety representatives, trade union officials, contractors and all workers within the petroleum and allied industries, but may also be applied elsewhere.
Written simply and concisely for a wide audience this guide details the issues surrounding WFI and describes a three step approach to its implementation and is supported by case studies and assessment exercises. The information contained within this guide could help improve safety management systems. The guidance focuses on health and safety but the information and techniques can also be used to help involve workers in other areas of work e.g. design, making decisions about environmental protection or considering ways to improve quality.
For a free download copy of the Guidance on effective workforce involvement in health and safety click here
Workforce involvement Petroleum Review article. Click here.
Workforce involvement resources coming soon:
- Workforce Involvement poster
- New WFI Safety Information Bulletin
 print-friendly format
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