scholarly journals Corrigendum to “Unions, Health and Safety Committees, and Workplace Accidents in the Korean Manufacturing Sector” [Saf Health Work 7 (2) (2016) 161–165]

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 257
Author(s):  
Woo-Yung Kim ◽  
Hm-Hak Cho
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Health Work ◽  
Workplace Accidents ◽  
Safety Committees

Organizational Development and Change in a Union-Management Context: The Voluntary Establishment of Joint Health and Safety Committees in Britain

1981 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.B. Beaumont ◽  
D.R. Deaton
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Development ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Change Models ◽  
Joint Health ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
Safety Committees

The organizational development literature has very largely ignored the role of trade unions, with the result that the traditional organizational change models are held to be unsuitable for analysing the establishment and maintenance of joint problem-solving structures. Accordingly in this article we draw on the mainstream industrial relations literature in order to develop a model which seeks to identify the relevant structural characteristics of plants that had voluntarily established joint health and safety commit tees. This model is tested by performing a multivariate analysis of data obtained from a survey of 970 establishments in the manufacturing sector in Britain.

Occupational health and safety: a comment on Mullen

1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Farlow
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Code Of Practice ◽  
Safety Committees ◽  
Interpretation Of Results

The paper by Elizabeth A. Mullen (1990) contains a number of assumptions and assertions that cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged. In addition, the survey itself seems to be based on an inappropriate sample with the particular interpretation of results creating a potentially false impression. The debate concerning the Code of Practice for Health and Safety Representatives and Health and Safety Committees has often been plagued with confusion and misunderstanding and, regrettably, Mullen's paper continues these problems.

Statutory Safety Representatives and Safety Committees: Legal and Industrial Relations Implications

1982 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.B. Creighton
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Statutory Provision ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Sufficient Detail ◽  
Structured System ◽  
Safety Committees ◽  
Practical Implications

This article examines the increasingly important issue of the role of statutory safety representatives and safety committees in helping to promote and protect the health, safety and welfare of the Australian workforce. It consists first of an examination of the development of statutory provision in this area in the United Kingdom, culminating in the passing of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the introduction of the far-reaching Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations of 1977. It then describes and analyses the reception of these provisions, and the philosophy which underpins them, in Australia. Thirdly, it attempts to identify and discuss some of the more important legal and practical implications of this kind of statutory provision. There is reason to suppose that some of these issues have not been analysed in sufficient detail in either Britain or Australia, but overall it is clear that a properly structured system of statutory safety representatives/com mittees can play an important and constructive part in helping to promote a proper awareness of health and safety issues in this country.

The depoliticization of health and safety committees and representation: The Ontario case

2021 ◽  
pp. 030981682110615
Author(s):  
Alan Hall
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Economic Framework ◽  
Canadian Data ◽  
Joint Health ◽  
Safety Committees ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Responsibility System

Studies in several national jurisdictions have highlighted the limitations of joint health and safety committees and worker representatives in affecting change in working conditions. Using Canadian data, this article focuses on the argument that many health and safety committees and worker representatives have been captured or substantially controlled through the State’s promotion of an internal responsibility system framed around a technocratic partnership. The historical development of this framing is first understood within a political economic framework which highlights several major influences, followed by a field theory analysis which explains how these control relations are established by management within workplace settings.

scholarly journals Legal Framework as a Determinant of Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Programmes in the Manufacturing Sector in Kenya.

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscilla Wanjiku Ndegwa ◽  
Wario Guyo ◽  
George Orwa ◽  
Robert Ng’ang’a ◽  
Elishba Muthoni Murigi
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Hazardous Substances ◽  
Safety And Health

Recent trends in the organization of work have increased the risk of occupational safety and health (OSH) in Kenyan industries through exposure to hazardous substances, work related accidents and increased stress-related illnesses. According to International lab our organization (ILO) everyone is entitled to the right to safe and healthy working conditions and therefore the corpus of law in Kenya dealing with occupational safety and health should be embedded in the international OSH legal instruments. Specifically the occupational health and safety Act (2007) is expected to provide for safety, health and welfare of workers and all persons lawfully present at workplaces. The purpose of this study therefore was to investigate legal framework as a determinant of implementation of occupational health and safety programmes in the manufacturing sector in Kenya. It focused on six legal areas predicted as affecting implementation of OSH. These factors were national OSH policy, OSHA (occupational safety and health Act) familiarity with OSHA, government OSH inspections and audits, ease of implementation of OSHA, Government support in the implementation of OSH and OSHA implement ability. The study adopted descriptive cross-sectional survey design but however intended to gather both qualitative and quantitative data. A self administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 257 OSH officers drawn randomly from 735 manufacturing industries registered by Kenya manufacturers association. 252 questionnaires were received back and analyzed with the help of SSPS window version 21. Both correlation and regression analysis were conducted and the results showed that there was a positive significant relationship between legal framework and implementation of OSH programmes. 

The contemporary British workplace: a safer and healthier place?

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Robinson ◽  
Clive Smallman
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Work Force ◽  
British Government ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Workplace Accidents ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Work And Employment ◽  
Force Characteristics

Using a nationally representative survey of British workplaces, this article seeks to extend current perspectives on OHS (occupational health and safety) by examining the impact of a range of current work and employment practices, and work-force characteristics on the incidence of workplace accidents and, uniquely, ill health. Our findings indicate that the British Government faces major challenges in terms of its plans for OHS. Ill health, in particular, is poorly served by existing OHS management techniques, while injury and illness seem to be associated with many more ‘determinants’ in the world of work than has previously been proven.

Characteristics of Effective Job Health and Safety Committees

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Morse ◽  
Jeanette Goyzueta ◽  
Leslie Curry ◽  
Nicholas Warren
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Committees
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