Employee Reps in Management Meetings

Hi,

I am looking for some feedback on what people think regarding an Employee Representative attending the Management meetings.

A little bit of back ground, we are a company who has approximately 100 employees, no trade unions are involved due to the opportunity given for our employee's to become 'Employee Representatives'. This involves meetings every month with HR, a body from the Management Team and the Employee Representatives from each department who were elected into the role to highlight problems or areas that need improving on behalf of the workforce.

It came to our attention as HR in last month's Employee Rep Meeting, that some individuals would like an Employee Representative to attend Management Meetings. We understand that Management Meetings are there for a reason for decisions to be made, they feel excluded from the decision making process.

I would sincerely appreciate feedback on this issue.

Kind regards,

Lucia

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  • Hi Lucia
    My preference would be to keep managanent meetings for management but to provide regular opportunities for interaction (at least monthly) at a forum comprising managers and staff representatives. There are clearly subjects whose details are for management eyes/ears only, but whose implications can be shared and exchanged upon with staff reps. Unless you are running a cooperative, then managerial decisions should remain a management preogative - but with views and input from staff
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  • Hi Lucia
    My preference would be to keep managanent meetings for management but to provide regular opportunities for interaction (at least monthly) at a forum comprising managers and staff representatives. There are clearly subjects whose details are for management eyes/ears only, but whose implications can be shared and exchanged upon with staff reps. Unless you are running a cooperative, then managerial decisions should remain a management preogative - but with views and input from staff
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