Workplace Health and Safety: International Perspectives on Worker Representation

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: Representing Workers on Health and Safety in the Modern World of Work....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Worker Representation on Health and Safety in the UK — Problems with the Preferred Model and Beyond....Pages 19-30
The Australian Framework for Worker Participation in Occupational Health and Safety....Pages 31-49
Health and Safety Committees in France: An Empirical Analysis....Pages 50-72
Characteristics, Activities and Perceptions of Spanish Safety Representatives....Pages 73-89
An Afterword on European Union Policy and Practice....Pages 90-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Precarious Employment and the Internal Responsibility System: Some Canadian Experiences....Pages 109-133
Employee ‘Voice’ and Working Environment in the New Member States: Translating Policy into Practice in the Baltic States....Pages 134-153
Health and Safety Representation in Small Firms: A Swedish Success that is Threatened by Political and Labour Market Changes....Pages 154-176
Trade Union Strategies to Support Representation on Health and Safety in Australia and the UK: Integration or Isolation?....Pages 177-200
Worker Representation and Health and Safety: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future....Pages 201-215
Back Matter....Pages 216-232