ADMS 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Occupational Safety And Health, Psychological Trauma, Jay Rock

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3400
• Professor: Gary Blake

Document Summary

Purpose of helping workers who are injured on the job return to work. Some provinces the scope has been enlarged to cover prevention. Compulsory and collective liability for employers, with some recognition of risk in the amount of contribution paid by individual employers (employer funded) Workers to be compensated regardless of the financial condition of the employer. Compensation is based on loss of earnings. No legal recourse e(cid:373)ployees (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t sue e(cid:373)ploye(cid:396)s. Administered by boards whose members are appointed by the lieutenant governor in each province. Determine who is classified as a worker, a subcontractor, or employer. Two main social goals: to provide services intended to prevent injuries or reduce the psychological impact of injuries when they occur, to provide the training and development necessary to prepare an injured worker to return to work. Means of society to share with the worker the consequences of industrial accidents.