TUC guidance on checking whether your occupational health provider is
Current Size: 100%
Guides and reports for reps
Share this page
Activist Resources
An effective union needs two things: the first is a
This briefing is for union representatives with members who may
The TUC produces a range of guides and reports for safety representatives and others. A number of the more recent ones appear below. In addition guidance on most major issues can be found in the TUC book "Hazards at Work: Organising for safe and healthy workplaces", the best-selling guide to health and safety at work. To buy a copy order here (if you are a safety representative on a TUC training course please speak to your tutor about getting a discounted copy)
Guides and reports
- Asbestos (PDF, 9 pages)
- Behavioural Safety - A briefing for workplace representatives
- Bullying
- The Case for Health and Safety
- Checking your Personal Protective Equipment (PDF, 3 pages)
- The Compensation Myth (PDF, 7 pages)
- Confidentiality and Medical records
- Drug Testing in the Workplace
- Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace
- Dust in the Workplace (PDF, 7 pages)
- Fatigue (PDF)
- Feet and Footwear (PDF, 6 pages)
- Fit for Work assessments
- Flooding - advice for reps
- Gender and health and safety (PDF - includes checklist)
- In Sickness and in Health?: Good work - and how to achieve it (PDF, 20 pages)
- Industrial Injuries benefit (pdf)
- Inspections (PDF, 11 pages)
- Is my occupational provider accredited?
- Lone Working
- Maintenance in the workplace
- Medical referrals - is your doctor qualified?
- Migrant Workers (PDF, 12 pages)
- Noise at Work (PDF, 6 pages)
- Occupational Cancer - A Workplace Guide (PDF, 11 pages)
- Occupational hygiene - a guide for reps (pdf)
- Older workers (PDF)
- Organising for Health and Safety: A Workplace Resource (PDF)
- Pandemic Flu (PDF, 9 pages)
- Personal Injury Claims – proposals for change (PDF, 12 pages)
- Preparing for the new 'Fit Note' (PDF, 9 pages)
- Promoting Health at Work
- Protecting health and safety after Brexit (pdf 14 pages)
- Reach (chemicals)
- Risk assessment (PDF, 16 pages)
- Health and Safety Myths – The truth behind the headlines
- Safety representatives – a charter for change (PDF, 20 pages)
- Safety representatives surveys: Safety representatives biannual survey 2016 (PDF, 42 pages) Safety representatives - biannual survey 2014 (PDF, 42 pages) Safety representatives -biannual survey 2012 (PDF, 42 pages) Safety representatives – bi-annual survey 2010 (PDF, 46 pages) Safety representatives – bi-annual survey 2008 (PDF, 50 pages) bi-annual survey 2006 (PDF, 48 pages), bi-annual survey 2004 (PDF, 52 pages)
- Skin Cancer and Outdoor Workers (PDF, 5 pages)
- Smoking (PDF, 11 pages)
- Stress (TUC guidance)
- Stress (joint guidance with HSE)
- Supporting women through the menopause (PDF)
- Temperature at Work - heat (PDF)
- The Government record on H&S (PDF)
- The Union Effect
- Toilet facilities
- Women and PPE (PDF)
- Work and Well-being: A trade union resource
- Young workers (PDF, 6 pages)
Forms
Activist resources
The TUC have produced a range of resources for health and safety reps.Visit resources page
In addition to these guides the TUC and unionLearn produce a range of publications and resources for training which may be of use to activists.
A TUC guide for trade union activists on dealing with high temperatures in the workplace.
16 June 2017
The TUC and BOHS have produced a guide that explains the importance of occupational hygiene and the role it plays in protecting workers.
23 November 2016
This reps guide provides useful information on supporting trans members in the workplace. It includes the legal framework, practical advice, case studies and good practice.
17 November 2016
TUC guidance on checking whether your occupational health provider is accredited.
26 September 2016
This is a short guide for representatives and union members on how to claim IIDB.
19 September 2016
An effective union needs two things: the first is a strong membership within the workplace; the second is high membership involvement. By encouraging members to participate, much more can be achieved than if members expect the union to ‘sort things out’. This resource is designed to help you achieve more...
24 February 2016
This briefing is for union representatives with members who may come into contact with weedkiller as part of their work.
18 May 2015
This is a guide for union representatives on the Government's referral service for those who are off work through sickness.
12 January 2015
The TUC have produced a guide for safety representatives on how to use the HSE Management Standards on tackling work-related stress. In the absence of specific legislation, these standards, based on the risk assessment approach, are seen as the most useful method of tackling stress in the workplace. The guide...
23 September 2014
It is common to hear stories that the UK is rife with a compensation culture and is becoming risk averse as a result of compensation claims. However, The Compensation Myth – which tackles seven myths about compensation – smashes this misconception and finds that there were 183,342 compensation claims in...
15 April 2014
