Collaboration in work environment management

Contents on this page:

• Work environment collaboration at the department level
• Work environment collaboration in the health, safety and environment (HSE) committees
• Work environment collaboration in health and safety committees

Collaborations related to the work environment at Lund University are based on a local collective agreement. The agreement supports proactive work environment management through collaboration between the University’s three organisational levels and makes clear the ways in which systematic work environment is to be followed up.

For the local collective agreement for work environment management collaboration, see the link in the right-hand column.

Work environment collaboration at the department level

In order to achieve functioning systematic work environment management, it is important that everyone participates. As a manager, you must ensure that employees and health and safety representatives are able to participate in work environment management processes. More needs to be done than simply sharing information about decisions that have already been made, or when a measure has been implemented.

• For instructions regarding collaboration in the workplace, see link in the right-hand column.

Work environment collaboration in the health, safety and environment (HSE) committees

Faculties may establish health, safety and environment (HSE) committees at the department or building level. An HSE committee must include at least the head of department and one health and safety representative per department. Instructions for these committees are decided by each faculty.

• For the local collective agreement for work environment management collaboration, see the link in the right-hand column.

Work environment collaboration in health and safety committees

Health and safety committees are advisory bodies to the employer at the faculty and university-wide levels. The health and safety committees consist of representatives of the employer and the employees who meet to discuss overarching work environment issues.

Lund University has health and safety committees at two levels:

• Local health and safety committees at the faculty level
• A central health and safety committee at the university-wide level

For instructions for the central and local health and safety committees, see the link in the right-hand column.