This book emerges from the papers, panels, and discussion of the conference "e;Where the Past Meets the Future - the Place of Alternative Unions in the Canadian Labour Movement,"e; held to commemorate the first one hundred years of the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union.
This book emerges from the papers, panels, and discussion of the conference "e;Where the Past Meets the Future - the Place of Alternative Unions in the Canadian Labour Movement,"e; held to commemorate the first one hundred years of the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union.
La evaluación de los riesgos originados por los agentes químicos en los lugares de trabajo es una de las obligaciones establecidas para los empresarios.
La obra presenta a la iluminación y las radiaciones ionizantes como factores de riesgo físico por encontrarse presente en el medio ambiente con la posibilidad de afectar al trabajador.
Se presentan las bases teóricas para que las personas se motiven en el estudio de los tres capítulos centrales: ruido, vibraciones y presiones anormales.
La vivienda, el trabajo, servicios y la industria presentan niveles de riesgo variados, asociados a los procesos de generación, transmisión, distribución y empleo de la corriente eléctrica, que exigen estrategias educativas y entrenamiento orientados a reducir la probabilidad de ocurrencia de los accidentes y eventos indeseados.
La facturación por venta de servicios de salud y la auditoría de cuentas médicas son procesos vitales en las instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud.
La salud ocupacional y la prevención nacieron de la observación cuidadosa de fenómenos o acontecimientos no explicados y que causaban lesiones o muertes.
A new volume in the successful Unlocking the Law series on this fascinating and dynamic area of law, containing the essential recent developments, including the Equality Act 2010.
Massive public protests have had a prominent presence at the turn of the millennium, with many thousands of protestors controlled by small, yet, increasingly specialized police forces.
In the mid-1980s, the Abella Commission on Equality in Employment and the federal Employment Equity Act made Canada a policy leader in addressing systemic discrimination in the workplace.
In the mid-1980s, the Abella Commission on Equality in Employment and the federal Employment Equity Act made Canada a policy leader in addressing systemic discrimination in the workplace.
In this groundbreaking study of the relations between workers and the state, Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker examine the legal regulation of workers' collective action from 1900 to 1948.
In this groundbreaking study of the relations between workers and the state, Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker examine the legal regulation of workers' collective action from 1900 to 1948.
While the unemployment rate for young people has always tended to be well above the average, this tendency has been greatly accentuated in recent years.
Samuel Gompers, the charismatic chief of the American Federation of Labor at the turn of the century, claimed to represent the interests of all workers in North America, but it was not until American corporations began to export jobs to Canada via branch plants that he became concerned with representing Canadian workers.
This book is a unique, single-volume treatment offering original source material on the life, accomplishments, disappointments, and lasting legacy of one of American history's most celebrated social reformers-Cesar Chavez.
An examination of the safety laws and regulations, particularly in the areas of labor and employment, this book provides a working knowledge of the impacts, requirements, and implications of safety professionals' actions and inactions as related to state and federal laws.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book presents a wide range of methods and specific criteria for assessing hazard and exposure in the workplace environment, offering ways to reduce these hazards.
Industrial Safety and Health for Goods and Materials Services focuses on the safety requirements of the wholesale and retail trades, including warehousing.
Offensive street speech--racist and sexist remarks that can make its targets feel both psychologically and physically threatened--is surprisingly common in our society.
Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can't see itOne in four American workers says their workplace is a "e;dictatorship.
This book offers a rigorous empirical and theoretical analysis of an important dimension of European integration - the implementation of EU legislation and its effect in the wake of the accession of ten new member states to the EU in 2004.
This book offers a rigorous empirical and theoretical analysis of an important dimension of European integration - the implementation of EU legislation and its effect in the wake of the accession of ten new member states to the EU in 2004.
There is great diversity of definitions, causes and consequences of discrimination against persons with disabilities, yet there are fundamental themes uniting countries in their pursuit of human rights policies to improve the social and economic status of those with disabilities.
There is great diversity of definitions, causes and consequences of discrimination against persons with disabilities, yet there are fundamental themes uniting countries in their pursuit of human rights policies to improve the social and economic status of those with disabilities.
