Safety Committee

NHHR

We are attempting to find a way(s) to entice employees to run for our safety committee. Quite often employees are nominated as a joke - any ideas to make this process work a little better? Any incentive ideas?

marc

Invite hourly personnel and let it be part of their 40 hour week, plus pay them a $100 per meeting bonus - no more than x meetings per year.

Give a cash incentive for safety ideas that are adopted by the committee.

System

First of all, figure out why it's a joke and fix it. Do they have tangible achievements? Are their ideas implemented? Do committee members feel proud of what they're doing? Is the committee really necessary?

Next, try to raise the prestige of the committee. Serve a nice lunch at meetings. Meet in the nicest conference room. Bring in guest speakers if appropriate. Have the big boss make a fuss over their next big accomplishment.

Good luck!

James Sokolowski
HRhero.com

TN HR

To James' point, if the employees think this is a joke, then it appears to me that safety does not have buy-in in your organization. If you don't have buy-in then the overall program is worthless. It is nothing more than a charade, a facade.

First, get commitment and buy-in for the overall program. Once you have that, people will be jumping at the chance to be a part of the committee.

Gene

CJinNM

We give our safety committee members $150 per month bonus to be on the committee. Their participation/contribution is evaluated to warrant remaining on the committee. We balance participation between production and administrative staff.

System

x:o A hundred and fifty bucks? $$$ Around here, all you need to fill up a meeting room is free food.

James Sokolowski
HRhero.com