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Publikováno v:
SAGE Open, Vol 8 (2018)
Fear of retaliation poses a significant barrier to workers exercising their employment rights and claiming statutory benefits. This study of 2000 workers in the western Canadian province of Alberta found modest overall levels of worker fear (16%) of
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/6068355cb5584462b1c9b35bc570636d
Autor:
Bob Barnetson
Publikováno v:
SAGE Open, Vol 5 (2015)
Precarious employment entails both a heightened risk of injury and a greater likelihood of exclusion from statutory injury-compensation schemes. The contrasting cases of workers’ compensation entitlements among firefighters and farm workers in the
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/81ffe1af23e54631a67a6248aa03ec17
Autor:
Bob Barnetson
Publikováno v:
Education Policy Analysis Archives, Vol 18, p 3 (2010)
In 2002, approximately two thirds of school teachers in the Canadian province of Alberta went on strike. Drawing on media, government and union documents, this case study reveals some contours of the political economy of labor relations in education
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/0d449bb11fc844089b2d78522a7faa29
Autor:
Bob Barnetson
How does the current labour market training system function and whose interests does it serve? In this introductory textbook, Bob Barnetson wades into the debate between workers and employers, and governments and economists to investigate the ways in
Autor:
Shirley A. McDonald, Bob Barnetson
Bill 6, the government of Alberta's contentious farm workers'safety legislation, sparked public debate as no other legislation has done in recent years. The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act provides a right to work safely and a comp
Autor:
Jason Foster, Bob Barnetson
Workplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers, their families, and the communities in which they live. This textbook is for workers and students looking for an introduction to injury prevention on the job. It offers an extensi
Autor:
Bob Barnetson
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 the sta
Publikováno v:
Labour / Le Travail. 90:179-202
This article argues that while workplaces are safer today than they were 50 years ago, the degree to which this change is due to Canada’s occupational health and safety (ohs) system is unclear. Examining the literature and reflecting upon the autho
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::e0c50bd2669e0e71f124d8d9a5817bfc
https://doi.org/10.52975/llt.2022v90.007
https://doi.org/10.52975/llt.2022v90.007
Publikováno v:
NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 29:397-421
This study examines the occupational health and safety experiences of migrant workers employed as live-in caregivers in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Interviews with and surveys of caregivers identify four categories of common occupational hazards,
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0cc7e805d510c767b510e87e3fc6495b
https://doi.org/10.1177/1048291119867740
https://doi.org/10.1177/1048291119867740
Publikováno v:
Canadian Public Policy. 44:400-410
This study confirms and refines prior estimates of under-claiming of workers’ compensation benefits and suggests that under-claiming negatively affects the utility of workers’ compensation data in injury prevention efforts. A 2017 online poll ( N
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::b7eec76b8ce28398c1b076214c01129d
https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2018-014
https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2018-014