Hi Michelle,

I think HR and H&S as functions have a commonality and this means they should be working closely together, however, my experience of H&S reporting through HR has been very negative in the past.
What I have experienced has been a tendency towards dampening/distorting the message of the H&S stream when it is reported to the Board or CE through an HR filter. I think this is largely due to HR professionals tendency to closely manage/control information within most large organisations (I have only really worked at high levels in larger businesses). As an H&S professional, I often need to get an unfiltered message to the ears that can influence the change required, I have had much more success doing this myself or through a more senior H&S professional than through HR.
That being said I have also worked in a structure where both HR and H&S reported through a Chief Services Officer role to the CEO, as this role had responsibility for both streams it worked well although the CSO did have an H&S professional background.

Just my thoughts

Hi Tania,

Happy to help with the review.
glendotjohnson8atgmaildotcom

Regards