The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada
The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada

Author: Bob Barnetson

Publisher: Athabasca University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1926836006

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Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain standard legitimacy. Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlighting the way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet pour billions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining this dynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on to workers in the form of workplace injuries.

Occupational and Environmental Health
Occupational and Environmental Health

Author: Barry S. Levy

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13: 9780781755511

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This thoroughly updated Fifth Edition is a comprehensive, practical guide to recognizing, preventing, and treating work-related and environmentally-induced injuries and diseases. Chapters by experts in medicine, industry, labor, government, safety, ergonomics, environmental health, and psychology address the full range of clinical and public health concerns. Numerous case studies, photographs, drawings, graphs, and tables help readers understand key concepts. This edition features new chapters on environmental health, including water pollution, hazardous waste, global environmental hazards, the role of nongovernmental organizations in environmental health, and responding to community environmental health concerns. Other new chapters cover conducting workplace investigations and assessing and enforcing compliance with health and safety regulations.

Hard Lessons
Hard Lessons

Author: Mercedes Steedman

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 1995-05-10

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9781550022230

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This book brings together the voices of contemporary labour leaders, activists, old timers, and academics to discuss the first hundred years of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union.

Workers' Compensation Law
Workers' Compensation Law

Author: Bevans

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 9781418018290

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Workersa Compensation Law provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day practice of this field while addressing theoretical aspects that form a critical foundation for this branch of law. Reviews how a worker's compensation case begins and explains activities involved in those cases, such as drafting petitions, presenting cases to an administrative law judge, and bringing an appeal. The theoretical basis of the material is laid out in easy to understand and enjoyable format reinforced with practical real-life examples. Although written with paralegal-specific information, the content includes information vital to anyone dealing with Workersa Compensation issues.

Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation

Author: Morley Gunderson

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9780802082398

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Topics covered include low back pain in workers' compensation, payroll taxes, unfunded liabilities, occupational health and safety, private participation, the cost, appeals litigation.