By law, safety committee has to be formed by representation of employee and employer. On the employer side is not a big deal. The managers, supervisors can be appointed to sit in safety committee. While the employee representatives are supposed to be the one who has been elected from the workers. Doing these is to ensure that workers are engage in safety programs of their workplace. At least they can raise their concerns through their representatives believing that they will speak it up in the meeting.
What if all representatives are from the appointment of the HR Director? (Forgiving me please, I am just trying to visualize the issue) No one even dare to look at the eyes of her in a safety committee meeting. At the end, there is no safety issues has been raised, discussed or solved at all. That is why, having quiet safety committee is not good at all. Do not have safety committee, on the other hands, can cause the employer- The HR Director 1 year in jail or 400,000 THB fine. Which one do you think is better?
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