TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Local Agreements as an Instrument for Improvement of Management—Employee Collaboration on Occupational Health and Safety
JO  - Economic and industrial democracy
A1  - Sørensen, OH
A1  - Hasle, Peter
A1  - Navrbjerg, Steen E.
SP  - 643
EP  - 672
VL  - 30
IS  - 4
N2  - Employee participation is crucial to safe and secure workplace environments. Health and safety regulation or voluntary agreements form two different approaches to this. In Denmark, a legislative change facilitates combining the two approaches. The new flexibility of approach enables the organization of health and safety to be tailored to the needs of the workplace based on a local agreement negotiated between management and local union representatives. This new approach is explored in this article. The study finds that the system has a positive impact on employee participation, improves collaborative relations, strengthens local commitment and there is a perceived increase in organizational efficiency and flexibility; all factors that have been shown to increase safety performance.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 0143-831X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143831X09343993
ID  - ref1
ER  -