Singapore legislation

Section 29

of Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006

Section 29

Workplace safety and health committees

(1)

Every workplace within the prescribed class or description of workplaces must have appointed in respect thereof a workplace safety and health committee.

(2)

Every workplace safety and health committee of a workplace must comprise representatives of employees of the workplace as well as employers.

(3)

The functions of a workplace safety and health committee appointed in respect of a workplace are —

(a)

to keep under review circumstances in the workplace which affect or may affect the safety or health of persons in the workplace;

(b)

to promote cooperation between management and employees in achieving and maintaining safe and healthy working conditions;

(c)

to carry out from time to time inspections of the scene of any accident or dangerous occurrence in the interests of the safety and health of the employees;

(d)

to exercise any other functions and duties as may be prescribed or conferred on the committee under this Act; and

(e)

any other functions as may be prescribed.

(4)

The management must provide such facilities and assistance to the workplace safety and health committee of a workplace as the committee may reasonably require for the purpose of carrying out the committee’s functions and duties under this section.

(5)

A workplace safety and health committee has such powers as may be prescribed, being necessary powers for the committee to discharge its functions and duties under this Act.

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