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Author:   Bob Barnetson
Publisher:   AU Press
Imprint:   AU Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781926836003

ISBN 10:   1926836006
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   01 June 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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

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Bob Barnetson is an assistant professor of labourrelations at Athabasca University. He has worked for the Alberta LabourRelations Board, the Alberta Workers’ Compensation Board, and theAlberta government.

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