Work Environment Committee (AMU)

The University of Tromsø has a central Work Environment Committee (AMU, Arbeidsmiljøutvalget). The AMU is a decision-making and advisory liaison committee. The committee takes part in planning safety and environment-tasks, and carefully follow the development in questions concerning the safety, health and environment of employees. The AMU will deal with matters a.o. concerning education, contructional changes, re-organisations , accident reports and work related diseases, employees’ health service and maintenance of the framework for systematical HSE work at the University.

In AMU, both the employee and the employer are represented. There are also representatives for HSE-personnel, the emplyees’ health service, the technical departments and students.

An overview of the AMU representatives can be found at this website. The tasks and duties of AMU are described in the Norwegian pages ”arbeidsmiljøloven” § 7 and in ”Forskrift om verneombud og arbeidsmiljøutvalg”, § 5-14.