Warwick UCU is engaged at all levels with health and safety in the workplace, considering not only physical wellbeing, but also mental health and other aspects of wellbeing such as addressing work/life balance and stress in the workplace. UCU health and safety representatives help to improve the quality of our members’ working lives by:
- investigating actual and potential hazards; workplace incidents and the causes of injury; cases of work-related ill-health; dangerous occurrences and near misses, and complaints by employees.
- inspecting the workplace regularly and other inspections whenever changes are introduced; the circumstances and causes of injury, dangerous occurrences or cases of disease; and taking copies of documents relating to the health and safety of employees.
- representing general health, safety & welfare matters to the employer; taking up individual complaints; attending meetings of the safety committee; and meeting with inspectors of the Health & Safety Executive when they visit the workplace.
- receiving information about health, safety and welfare from the employer and from enforcing inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive during and following visits. Inspectors will also provide advice and assistance if asked.
- consulting with the employer on a wide range of issues related to health, safety and welfare in the workplace – a formal duty to consult is imposed on employers.
For more details about the work of UCU with regards to health and safety, or if you would like to become more involved, please email the Administrator for further details.
For more information on UCU’s wider work in Health and Safety, please visit the UCU Health and Safety website.
To see what the University is promoting, please visit the Warwick webpages.