The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada

Barnetson, Bob

AU Press（2010/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 284 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781926836003
• DDC分類 363.110971

Full Description

Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. ThePolitical Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals howemployers and governments engage in ineffective injury preventionefforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain standardlegitimacy. Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlightingthe way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet pourbillions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining thisdynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on toworkers in the form of workplace injuries.

Contents

Introduction 1



Part One. Employment Relationships inCanada 11



Part Two. Preventing Workplace Injury 27

Development of occupational health and safety in Canada 28

Canada's OHS system today 42

Conclusion 46



Part Three. Critique of OHS in Canada 47

Recognizing injury and hazards 48

Regulating workplace hazards 59

Conclusion 85



Part Four. Political Economy of Preventing Workplace Injury 89

Why regulate ineffectively? 89

Injury in the new economy 99

Conclusion 103



Part Five. Compensation of Workplace Injury 105

Workers' compensation in Canada 106

Injury recognition revisited 111

Conclusion 122



Part Six. Worker Benefits and Claims Management 125

Earnings-loss benefits 126

Other benefits 129

Funding workers' compensation 135

Conclusion 143



Part Seven. Managing Workers via Injury Compensation 145

Claim adjudication and administration 147

Appeals 150

Privatization and abolishment 157

Precarious employment 167

Conclusion 171



Part Eight. Conclusion 173



Notes; Select Bibliography; Index