Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A health and safety committee for a workplace is to consist of –
(a) employees working at the workplace elected by those employees; and
(b) persons appointed by the employer of the employees.
(2) Subject to this section, the number of employees to be elected or persons to be appointed for the purposes of this section is to be as agreed between the employer and the employees.
(3) Unless agreed otherwise between the employer and a majority of employees at a workplace, not less than half of the members of a health and safety committee are to be employees elected by the employees at the workplace.
(4) Subsection (1)(a) does not preclude an agreement being reached between an employer and his or her employees that the employees may elect an officer of a union who is not an employee of the employer.
(5) Any dispute between an employer and the employees employed at a workplace arising under subsection (2) is to be referred to the Director for determination.
(6) The Director's determination is final and binding on the employer and the employees employed at the workplace.
(7) For the purposes of subsection (4), "union" means –
(a) an organisation within the meaning of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth; or
(b) an employee organisation registered as an organisation under the Industrial Relations Act 1984.