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Local Agreements as an Instrument for Improvement of Management—Employee Collaboration on Occupational Health and Safety

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  • Ole H. Sørensen

    (National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark)

  • Peter Hasle

    (National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark)

  • Steen E. Navrbjerg

    (Employment Relations Research Centre, Copenhagen University)

Abstract

Employee participation is crucial to safe and secure workplace environments. Health and safety regulation or voluntary agreements form two different approaches to this. In Denmark, a legislative change facilitates combining the two approaches. The new flexibility of approach enables the organization of health and safety to be tailored to the needs of the workplace based on a local agreement negotiated between management and local union representatives. This new approach is explored in this article. The study finds that the system has a positive impact on employee participation, improves collaborative relations, strengthens local commitment and there is a perceived increase in organizational efficiency and flexibility; all factors that have been shown to increase safety performance.

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  • Ole H. Sørensen & Peter Hasle & Steen E. Navrbjerg, 2009. "Local Agreements as an Instrument for Improvement of Management—Employee Collaboration on Occupational Health and Safety," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 30(4), pages 643-672, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:30:y:2009:i:4:p:643-672
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X09343993
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