Table 2.

Health and safety structure based on survey responses

	Pre‐COVID		During COVID
	Food retail (%)	Food manufacturing and distribution (%)	Food retail (%)	Food manufacturing and distribution (%)
Union representation at the organisational level	16	8	20	10
Union representation at the workplace level	10	6	14	6
Non‐union representation at the organisational level	25	18	31	14
Non‐union representation at the workplace level	17	12	20	14
Health and safety committee at the organisational level including employee representatives	52	36	49	48
Health and safety committee at the workplace level including employee representatives	38	50	48	42
Dedicated health and safety officer	34	24	32	26
Health and safety management team	45	36	38	40

Abbreviation: COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019.