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.

Workers, Capital, and the State in British Columbia
Workers, Capital, and the State in British Columbia

Author: Rennie Warburton

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0774843179

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This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of the working class experience in British Columbia and contains essential background knowledge for an understanding of contemporary relations between government, labour, and employees. It treats workers' relationship to the province's resource base, the economic role of the state, the structure of capitalism, the labour market and the influence of ethnicity and race on class relations.

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.

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.

Workplace Injuries and Diseases
Workplace Injuries and Diseases

Author: Karen Roberts

Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0880993243

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The chapters in this volume were originally presented at a conference to honor Terry Thomason,held at the University of Rhode Island in March, 2004. It is about workplace safety and health and issues related to prevention and compensation for occupational injuries and illnesses, a topicto which Terry devoted much of his research life. The volume is intended to serve as a detailedintroduction to the workers' compensation novice but also provide insights to those more familiarwith the area.