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Worker representation and workplace health and safety

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Worker representation and workplace health and safetyDavid Walters and Theo Nichols.
Author:	Walters, David,
other author:	Nichols, Theo.
Published:	Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 177 p.) :ill.
Subject:	Industrial hygieneEuropean Union countries.
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230210714

Worker representation and workplace health and safety
Walters, David,1950-

Worker representation and workplace health and safety[electronic resource] /David Walters and Theo Nichols. - Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2007. - 1 online resource (xi, 177 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-173) and index.

PART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATION AND CONSULTATION ON HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK AND THE EVIDENCE OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS -- The Development of Statutory Measures on Worker Health and Safety Representation -- The Effectiveness of Representative Worker Participation -- PART TWO: REPRESENTATION AND CONSULTATION IN TWO INDUSTRIES: CASE STUDIES -- The Chemicals Industry -- The Construction Industry -- PART THREE: WHAT WORKS AND ITS POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Implementing Effective Worker Representation and Consultation -- Conclusions and Ways Forward?

Despite gradual improvements in safety technology over the course of the last century, work related fatalities, injuries and ill-health still represent a major and unacceptable burden on both society and the economy in most countries. The failure of employers to properly discharge their legal duties to prevent this harm to their employees, provides strong ethical and pragmatic reasons why people at work should have rights to adequate representation of their health and safety interests. This book considers the practice of such worker representation on health and safety at work. Drawing on ten case studies from the UK construction and chemicals industries, it critically analyzes existing statistical data, brings together a wide range of international materials, and examines the extent to which existing arrangements deliver results. It finds that whereas worker representation can improve health and safety, the preconditions for this are only present in a minority of workplaces. Proposals are made to redress the weaknesses of the currently dominant regulatory model.

ISBN: 9780230210714

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230210714doi

Source: 300335Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

646057
Industrial hygiene
--European Union countries.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD7694 / .W357 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.11094

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