text: Concerning**forms of employee representation**, a health and safety representative was the most 
  frequently reported figure: 57% of establishments in the EU27, slightly higher than in 2014. By sector, 
  the shares were highest among establishments in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (71%), 
  education (67%), and mining and quarrying (67%). As expected, these findings are largely driven by 
  establishment size.420 
  
  the**appointment of the health and safety**
  ESENER 2019 asked establishments about 
  **representatives**and the findings reveal a very diverse picture across countries, in reflection of the 
  different national frameworks. More than half (52%) of establishments in the EU27 report having the 
  health and safety representative selected by the employer, the highest shares corresponding to 
  Germany and the Czech Republic (83% of establishments), as opposed to Sweden, Finland and Italy 
  (12%). On the other hand, substantially less than half of the surveyed establishments (38%) indicated 
  that health and safety representatives are elected by the employees, the shares being highest in Finland 
  and Italy (80%) and Sweden (75%). 
  
  This reveals two different philosophies: in the first group of Member States, the employer selects an 
  employee who has — or gets via training — a particular specialist knowledge in OSH, a representation 
  of employees is not crucial for their selection, and the term ‘safety representatives’ is less adequate for 
  this group than ‘OSH professional’ or ‘OSH practitioner’. In the second group of countries, the 
  representation of workers’ interest in OSH has priority, self-evidently these elected employees also have 
  the right to specialist training in OSH. Mixed systems also exist. 