A health and safety representative is a worker (who is not associated with the employer's management) who looks after the health and safety of workers. Working with a representative of the employer, 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 If an employer regularly employs 5 to 19 workers in total, then the employer must choose one worker to be a health and safety representative. If there are 5 to 19 workers from two or more different employers (including self-employed persons) working on a work site, then an health and safety representative must be named. This rule does not apply if there is a prime contractor for the work site. An employer required to designate a health and safety representative may create a joint health and safety committee instead. There are additional rules for health and safety representatives. For more information, see the Government of Alberta website. Last Reviewed: December 2021