Workplace health and safety : international perspectives on worker representation
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : David Walters; Theo Nichols
- ناشر : Basingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9780230214859
Description
Introduction: Representing Workers on Health and Safety in the Modern World of Work; T.Nichols & D.Walters PART I: REPRESENTING WORKERS ON HEALTH AND SAFETY: IMPLEMENTING THE 'PREFERRED MODEL' IN EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA Worker Representation on Health and Safety in the UK: Problems With the Preferred Model and Beyond; T.Nichols & D.Walters Institutional Arrangements on Health and Safety Representation in Australia; R.Johnstone France: The Impact of Health and Safety Representation in France: An Empirical Study; T.Coutrot Spain: A Spanish Survey on the Activities of Safety Representatives; A.M.Garcia An Afterword on European Union Policy and Practice; L.Vogel PART II: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR WORKER REPRESENTATION IN THE MODERN WORLD OF WORK Representing Workers on Health and Safety in Precarious Employment: Some Canadian Experiences; W.Lewchuck Employee 'Voice' and Working Environment in Post-communist New Member States: An Empirical Analysis of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; C.Woolfson Health and Safety Representation and Small Firms: Reflections From Sweden; K.Frick Trade Union Strategies to Support Representation on Health and Safety in Australia and the UK: Integration or Isolation? R.Loudoun & D.Walters Reflections; P.James
A cutting edge look at the experience of worker representation in the employment relations of workplace health and safety. Examining the extent to which existing arrangements deliver results, this book reflects on whether the effectiveness of worker representation is eroded or enhanced by current regulatory and organizational constructs.