NEU health and safety representatives play a vital role in promoting safety in the workplace by representing members and employees’ interests on health and safety issues.
This can include a range of health and safety issues in the workplace affecting any employee, including office, kitchen or caretaking staff.
As a safety rep, you are entitled to investigate complaints, carry out regular inspections and receive information and be consulted by your employer. The law gives you a range of rights and powers to fulfil your role without imposing any legal responsibilities on you.
Safety reps are democratically elected/appointed by members without the need to consult with employers and are entitled to receive facilities and support for their work as safety rep. While one NEU safety rep will usually be sufficient in most schools, more than one can be appointed.
Inspection briefing and checklist for NEU health and safety reps to use during the coronavirus crisis.
Safety representatives play a vital role in promoting safety in the workplace. This briefing covers the appointment of safety reps and their rights and functions.
This briefing sets out the objectives and benefits of safety committees, in addition to advice and guidance on their composition, inception, and remit.
This briefing advises safety reps on the steps to be taken in arranging and carrying out safety inspections and preparing inspection reports
This briefing examines the various means by which branches can attempt to secure adequate levels of paid time off for health and safety advisers to perform their various functions and the legal provis
This briefing considers the management of health and safety in schools and colleges and the respective roles of the employer, governing body, head teacher and other staff of the school.
This NEU briefing tells you about the framework of health and safety law - in particular about the legal duties placed on employees, employers and others by the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Safety representatives and safety committees.
The Regulations, Codes of Practice and guidance relating to the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations, 1977.
Excessive workload and working hours are continually cited by teachers as one of the main causes of their workplace stress.
There is a vast range of legislation on health and safety matters which applies in whole, or in part, to schools.
There is a vast range of legislation on health and safety matters which applies in whole, or in part, to schools in Wales.
Health and Safety guidance for NEU activists
Health and safety concerns in academies
Advice on the heating levels in schools and classrooms in Wales, and how to deal with the various types of heating problems which are commonly encountered during cold weather and snow.
Advice on the heating levels in schools and classrooms in England, and how to deal with the various types of heating problems which are commonly encountered during cold weather and snow.
NEU Guidance for members, reps and local officers.
Advice on legal requirements and good practice for construction work in schools and a stage-by-stage guide to the role of safety representatives.
NEU guidance on the law and practical advice on electrical safety in schools
Advice about school security, in particular at security arrangements and methods to deal with intruders.
