Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

A health, safety and working conditions committee is set up within the social and economic committee in: 1° Companies with at least three hundred employees; 2° Separate establishments with at least three hundred employees; 3° Establishments referred to in Articles L. 4521-1 et seq.

In separate undertakings and establishments with fewer than three hundred employees, the labour inspector may require the creation of a health, safety and working conditions committee where this is necessary, in particular due to the nature of the activities, layout or equipment of the premises. This decision may be challenged before the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment.

The Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee is entrusted, by delegation from the Social and Economic Committee, with all or part of the Committee’s powers relating to health, safety and working conditions, with the exception of the use of an expert as provided for in sub-section 10 and the Committee’s consultative powers.

The committee is chaired by the employer or his representative. It comprises at least three employee representatives, including at least one representative of the second college, or where applicable the third college, as provided for in Article L. 2314-11. The members of the health, safety and working conditions committee are appointed by the social and economic committee from among its members, by a resolution adopted in accordance with the procedures…