Name of Organization

	LABOR/MANAGEMENT SAFETY COMMITTEE

	BYLAWS

	ARTICLE I
	REPRESENTATIVES

The Labor Management Safety Committee shall be made up of ____ representatives, comprised of the following:

	__ - Management Personnel, including:
		1) CEO (or designated representative)
		2)  
		3)  

	__- Labor Members, including:(If organized establishment)
		1) Union President (If not organized establishment member selected by co-workers)
		2) Member selected by union membership (or co-workers)                                                                    	3) Member selected by union membership (or co-workers)

     Total size to be determined by the committee, a balance should exist between labor/management.

	Alternates will be designated as appropriate and will have full status with  ___ representatives from Labor and  ___ representatives from Management.

	ARTICLE II
	OFFICERS

The officers of the Labor Management Safety Committee shall be co-chairs, one Labor and one management.

Term - The Officers will serve a term of 12 months.  The 12 month term will expire in June.

Selection - To be a co-chair, the individual must have been a committee representative a minimum of six (6) months, except for the initial year.  Officers will be nominated by their respective parties (Management or Labor) and approved by consensus of the Labor-Management Safety Committee each May.  The co-chairs' term will begin in June.

DUTIES - The co-chairs will perform the following duties:

	1) Conduct Meetings
	2) Finalize agendas (including content and time limits)
	3) Action points will be clarified at each meeting
	4) Keep minutes

	ARTICLE III
	TERMS OF OFFICE

Representatives will commit to a minimum of a one- (1) year term.  For purposes of the first year, one half of the members need to commit to a two- (2) year term.

After the first year, one half of the representatives will be rotated on a volunteer basis in order to provide the opportunity for new representatives to participate in the Labor Management Safety Committee.

The Chief officer of the company and the Union President (if in a organized establishment) will be permanent members; they will not rotate.

The number of consecutive terms will be limited to two (2) in order to provide the opportunity for new representatives to participate in the Labor Management Safety Committee.  In the absence of new candidates being interested, a representative can be appointed to an additional term.

	ARTICLE IV
	COMMITTEE MEETING

The meetings will be held __________ on the _______(day) of the month.  The duration of the meetings will be two (2) hours, unless extended by consensus.  The meetings will be from ____ to ________.  The meetings will be held at the mutually chosen location in _____________.

SPECIAL MEETINGS - Special meetings shall be called by the co-chairs with the approval of at least two (2) other representatives, one Management and one Labor.

	ARTICLE V
	QUORUM

One half of the Labor and one half of Management representatives plus a co-chair are needed to convene the meeting.

A representative who has two (2) consecutive unexcused absences will be off the committee.  The representative should contact one of the co-chairs if they are unable to attend a meeting.  It is the representative's responsibility to contact their alternate to attend the meeting in their absence.

	ARTICLE VI
	COMMITTEE ACTIONS

By consensus only.

Committee decisions are recommendations only.  All recommendations will receive a response.

The committee is not a collective bargaining forum.  However, the committee recommendations can be forwarded to negotiators for consideration and incorporation into collective bargaining.

	ARTICLE VII
	COMMITTEE AGENDA

The agenda shall be determined at the end of each committee meeting by consensus.  The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting will be distributed to all committee representatives including alternates one (1) week in advance.  The co-chairs will finalize the agenda.  Any additions to the agenda shall be routed to the co-chairs.

	ARTICLE VIII
	ASSESSMENT/FEEDBACK

An assessment/feedback will be done every six months by the committee.  The Mission Statement will be reviewed at the time of the assessment/feedback.  A special meeting may be called in order to complete the assessment/feedback and review the Mission Statement.

An assessment/feedback by the employees will also be done in December and June of each year.  A sub-committee will be formed to make up the assessment/feedback form, distribute the form to the employees, review the responses, and prepare a final report for the Labor‑Management Committee.  The sub-committee shall be formed one (1) month prior to the assessment/feedback date.

	ARTICLE IX
	COMPENSATION

Meetings will be held within the scheduled workday.

Participation by representatives will be considered time worked.

	ARTICLE X
	OTHER

SUB-COMMITTEES - Appointment of sub-committees shall be approved by consensus.

OUTSIDE PARTICIPATION - The Labor-Management Safety Committee may request participation from non-representatives and will encourage employees to attend and participate in LMC meetings and sub-committee meetings.

AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS - Changes and amendments to these Bylaws may be proposed at any meeting of the LMC and shall be approved by consensus.

(THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS SAMPLE BYLAWS AND MAY BE MODIFIED AS THE COMMITTEE FEELS NECESSARY OR ANOTHER COMPLETE SET MAY BE DRAWN UP.   THERE IS NOT A FORMAL REQUIREMENT FOR WRITTEN BYLAWS BUT BY HAVING THEM IN PLACE THE COMMITTEE HAS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT’S OPERATING RULES AND PROCEDURES AND HAS BEEN FOUND TO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY)