New Approaches to Disability in the Workplace
Published on 15. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-913447-74-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume examines questions related to the prevention, compensation, and accommodation of work disabilities. It focuses on disabilities arising out of workplace activity.
Reviews / Votes
The editors and contributors highlight the inevitable trade-offs that are involved in disability in the workplace, and make policy recommendations that are generally reasonable and backed by careful analysis and often new research findings.- Morley Gunderson, Dept. of Economics, University of Toronto (Industrial and Labor Relations Review) Why is it so easy to recommend this book to JVIB readers -more precisely, to readers keenly interested in designing and applying disability policy to the complex area loosely summarized as 'the workplace'? Two virtues stand out: analytic sophistication and a reasonably balanced perspective on hotly debated issues.
- Corinne Kirchner (Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness)
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ithaca
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-913447-74-1 (9780913447741)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Dispelling the myths about work disability; the prevention of disability from work-related sources - the roles of risk management, government intervention and insurance; the prevention of behavioural disabilities from non-work sources - employee assistance programmes and related strategies; the role of unions and collective bargaining in preventing work-related disability; reducing the consequences of disability - policies to reduce discrimination against disabled workers; facilitating employment through vocational rehabilitation; compensation for disabled workers - workers' compensation; social security disability insurance - a policy review; disputes and dispute resolutions; convergence - a comparison of European and US disability policy.