• a senior manager should be present to give credibility to the group
• employee representatives should be elected by the employees they represent.
• if there is a mixture of union and non-union representatives discuss this with the recognised trade union first
• meet regularly – say, once a month
• the committees need to be well chaired: with focused agendas and someone to act as secretary to take the minutes etc
• the committees should report back to employees as soon as possible