Full Description
This book examines the developments in compensation systems for damage arising from work-related injuries and diseases. It is inspired by developments mirroring shifts in the legal basis for compensating damage from civil law to public funding and vice versa. The shifts which have occurred in this area in Germany, England, Belgium and the Netherlands are the subject of this volume.
Contents
From the contents: Shifts in Compensating Work-Related Injuries and Diseases (T. Hartlief, S. Klosse).- Shifts of Work-Related Injury Compensation. Background Analysis: The Concurrence of Compensation Schemes (E.F.D. Engelhard).- Shifts in Work-Related Injuries: An Explanatory Analysis (R.I.R. Hoop).- Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases: Some Empirical Findings for The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain (N.J. Philipsen).- Prevention and Compensation of Work Injury in the United States: An Overview of Existing Empirical Evidence (N.J. Philipsen).- Shifts in Compensating Work-Related Injuries and Diseases (T. Hartlief and S. Klosse).- Index.- Publications.
