To ensure a safe workplace for town employees, state law requires that employer and employee representatives serve on a joint loss management committee. RSA 281-A:64’s safety provisions call on the committee to carry out workplace safety programs and meet four times a year according to section 130-4 of the town ordinances. The committee met twice in 2014 to discuss panic buttons, fire drills, and a facility emergency action plan among other things.
No meetings were held in the two year period from June 2014 to June of 2016. Why the eight meetings for the two year period were not conducted is unknown.
The state Department of Labor visited the town recently because the town safety program was last updated in 2013. The law requires updates every two years. Changes to the plan were approved at the July 6 meeting of the Joint Loss Management Committee.