A joint health and safety committee is a group of workers and employer representatives responsible for looking after the health and safety of workers. Their responsibilities include: receiving, considering and dealing with complaints about health and safety participating in the employer's hazard assessment making recommendations to the employer about the health and safety of workers reviewing the employer's work site inspection documents An employer must form a committee if the employer regularly employs 20 or more workers in total. If there are 20 or more regularly employed workers from two or more different employers (including self-employed persons) working on a work site, then a joint health and safety committee must be created. This rule does not apply if there is a prime contractor for the work site. There are additional rules around who must be on the committee, training requirements, and how often it must meet. For more information, see the Government of Alberta website. Last Reviewed: December 2021