Committee for Prevention and Protection at Work (CPBW)

The Committee for Prevention and Protection at Work (CPBW) is a consultative body. It deals with the safety and health of employees and monitors the welfare policy in the company.

The Committees for Prevention and Protection at Work (CPBW) is a joint body that must be set up in companies with more than 50 employees.

The CPBW's mission is to devise and propose means and to actively contribute to all efforts to promote the well-being of employees.

The four main tasks of the CPBW are:

• formulate advice and proposals,

• announce measures regarding the information and training of employees in the field of prevention,

• a stimulating and supervisory role of the Internal Service for Prevention and Protection at Work,

• participation in the application of the dynamic risk management system by organizing visits to the workshops.

In application of Article 65 of the Act of 4 August 1996, the Committee for Prevention and Protection at Work (CPBW) is mainly responsible for devising and proposing all means and actively contributing to everything that is done to promote the well-being of employees in the performance of their work.

It carries out this task mainly by issuing advice and formulating proposals on the policy for the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases, the global prevention plan and on the annual action plan of the company head or changes, implementation and results in this regard.

In addition, the Committee is the parity body par excellence when it comes to the interests and consultation of employees in the company, the operation of the internal and external prevention and protection service in the company and risk analysis in the company.