Board of Directors Health, Safety and Wellbeing Charter

Establish and maintain a Health, Safety and Wellbeing policy statement that is communicated to all employees and other workers and prominently displayed in all workplaces.
Ensure the organisation’s Health, Safety and Wellbeing management system is fit for purpose, sufficiently funded and supported in order that Site Safe can manage and continually improve performance against the HSW risks associated with running Site Safe
Ensure all employees and other workers whilst undertaking Site Safe activities are provided with safe, healthy and well work environments and the tools and equipment necessary to ensure their work activities are able to be carried out safely.
Ensure all employees and other workers undertaking Site Safe activities are fully informed about and trained in proactively managing the hazards and risks associated with their work activities and environment.

Maintain a Board Health, Safety and Wellbeing plan that covers off the due diligence elements and ensures engagement with organisations in the Health, Safety and Wellbeing space.
Hold management to account for delivering the intent of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing policy.
Specify Health, Safety and Wellbeing measurable targets to management and establish reporting regimes to the Board that will track the organisation’s performance against the targets and the policy.
Ensure the employment arrangements with the Chief Executive include specific responsibilities and accountabilities in regards to Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
Establish Health, Safety and Wellbeing as a lead agenda item at Board meetings.
Be available to any employee or other worker who believes their raised work Health, Safety and Wellbeing concerns are not being addressed by management
When visiting Site Safe places of work, actively engage with employees and other workers in the workplace in regards to health, safety and wellbeing and any issues of concern, and raise with management.
Delegate one of its members to:
- Regularly meet with the Chief Executive and review Health, Safety and Wellbeing performance.
- Attend and contribute to the organisation’s National Health, Safety and Wellbeing meetings.
- Review working environment audits to see that policy requirements are being met.
- Report to the Board at Board meetings setting out meetings held, discussions and issues raised.