The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada

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