SWRK 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Parental Leave, Unemployment Benefits

• School: McGill University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWRK 221
• Professor: Karen Hetherington

Document Summary

There is centrality to employment our entire life we work (most of it) Paid for by employers, no public contributions. Definition: workers that get hurt on the job. Physical hurt v. s psychological hurt are both included. Low success rate when in a stressful environment for illnesses. Domestic workers not covered for example: nannies, philippines. Offers a program for people to fall back on. Organization will try not give benefits to employer. Manipualte and apply law to their own way- for the employer rather than employee. People that work with a lot of chemical exposure. Nursing might be a risk if you work at a paint job the chemical fuels will harm milk. Unions want to offer better mandates to negotiate better working conditions. How much time longer in advance to tell boss of employment leave. Case- study: mediation au bas de l"echelle. Betty administrative assistant in a large montreal company.