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Health and Safety Committee

The Faculty Work Environment Committee deals with matters concerning the planning, management and coordination of work environment within:

  • health and safety issues with financial consequences for the faculty
  • matters of principle for the area
  • psychological work environment
  • control of the faculty's work environment level and the work of the work environment groups
  • cases of relevance to the faculty in which the Danish Working Environment Authority is involved

In addition, the committee hosts a local general meeting of the faculty's health and safety organisation once a year.

  • The Faculty Work Environment Committee consists of 2 health and safety leaders, 2 health and safety representatives, and the dean of the faculty, who chairs the committee.

    Chair

    Dean Marianne Holmer

    Health and safety leaders

    • Head of Administration Niels Kring, Science Faculty Administration
    • Head of Department Jakob Møller-Jensen, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    Health and safety representatives

    • Outreach Coordinator Allan Haurballe Madsen, Science Faculty Administration
    • Laboratory Technician Bente Frost Holbech, Department of Biology

  • The Faculty Work Environment Committee holds four meetings a year, which are joint meetings with the faculty's Liaison Committee.

    Meetings in 2024

    • 11 March
    • 3 June
    • 24 October
    • 5 December
    Find agendas and minutes on the committees' shared Sharepoint site

  • I has been agreed that the Faculty Health and Safety Commitee holds four ordinary meetings a year, all of which are joint meetings with the Liaison Commitee.

    Fixed items on the agenda

    • Workplace Assessment and Well-Being Survey
      • Every three years: Results of the mandatory Workplace Assessment (WPA) and the Well-Being Survey are discussed. Each unit also begins work on WPA action plans.
      • Other years: Scrutiny of WPA action plans
    • Work environment discussion
      • The Faculty Health and Safety Committee presents the goals for the year in relation to mental and physical well-being (work environment consultants from SDU HR participate to discuss the results of the internal survey).
    • Status on faculty strategies and action plans.
    • Status on competence development for academic and technical/administrative staff.
      • Accounting for the spending of competence funds in the previous year. SDU HR provides an overview of the staff's participation in courses in the previous year.
    • Remote work
      • Status on remote work for academic and technical/administrative staff, including work environment
    • Status on WPA action plans
    • Evaluation of the year in the committee
    • Annual cycle
      • Adjustment, if necessary, of the committee’s annual cycle



Faculty of Science University of Southern Denmark

  • Campusvej 55
  • Odense M - DK-5230
  • Phone: +45 6550 2099

Last Updated 09.08.2023