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Staff Representatives Forum |
Staff Representation within business became a legal requirement in April 2005 when the Information and Consultation Regulations (ICE) came into force meaning that if the workforce request it a Staff Representative Body should be formed. As of April 2008 the regulations applied to all businesses with 50 or more employees.
The Information and Consultation regulations give employees and their representatives the right to be informed and consulted about specified issues. In order to facilitate effective communication and consultation, staff representatives are elected from existing staff members by their colleagues to represent them at meetings with the employer.
The staff representatives and the employer meet in a forum, which is essentially a joint consultative committee made up of management, HR and staff representatives from selected parts of the business. The forum is then used as a way to facilitate discussions and raise issues that impact or are likely to impact employees.
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