Part four: Health and safety at work

The representation of external companies on the extended Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee depends on the duration and nature of their work and the number of employees working in the establishment. The employees of external companies are appointed from among the employees regularly working on the site by the social and economic committee of their establishment or, failing that, by the members of the team called upon to work…

The employer and the heads of the external companies respectively take the measures within their prerogatives to enable the employees of external companies appointed to the extended health, safety and working conditions committee to carry out their duties. The Social and Economic Committee may invite the head of an external company to attend on an occasional consultative basis.

Employees of external companies who sit or have sat as staff representatives on an extended health, safety and working conditions committee are bound by an obligation of discretion with regard to information of a confidential nature and given as such by the employer. They are bound by professional secrecy on all matters relating to manufacturing processes.

Employees of external companies who sit or have sat as staff representatives on an extended health, safety and working conditions committee benefit from the protection provided by Book IV of Part Two.