Obtaining compliance with occupational health and safety regulations: a multilevel study using self-determination theory

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Burstyn ◽  
Lorraine Jonasi ◽  
T. Cameron Wild
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Multilevel Study ◽  
Safety Regulations

Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in the Dairy Industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Reed ◽  
David I. Douphrate ◽  
Peter Lundqvist ◽  
Paul Jarvie ◽  
Gillian McLean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Regulations

The Federal Ergonomic Standard in Brazil: Its Social Historic Process

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thais Helena De Carvalho Barreira ◽  
Mary Lee Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Control Regulation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technical Advances ◽  
Federal Standard ◽  
And Control

Brazil has a Federal Ergonomic Standard [1] enacted in 1990 that attracts the attention of practitioners in occupational health and safety fields because it is viewed symbolically as a political gain and because of its technical advances. The 1990 ergonomic standard modified a former one that was issued within a set of 28 occupational health and safety regulations established in 1978 [2]. This article focuses on the social and historical steps in a persistent workers' struggle for a healthier work environment in the late 1980s that resulted in this federal standard as a “command-and-control” regulation pioneering a wide tripartite process of policy-making in Brazil.

scholarly journals Impact of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations on the Employee's Decision to Take up Employment

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Anna Bazan-Bulanda
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Eu Directives ◽  
The Eu

AbstractWorkers' safety in the workplace depends on the compliance of both employees and the employer with applicable regulations. The EU member states in internal law contain regulations in line with EU directives in this area. The author of this study decided to examine whether compliance by the employer with health and safety provisions is an element motivating employees to take up employment. he law applies to both employees and employers, but their content is not affected by any of the parties to the employment relationship. The purpose of the article was to answer the question whether compliance by the employer with health and safety at work rules is an element that influences the employee when making a decision about taking up employment. The method used was the diagnostic survey method and the survey tool. The research was conducted in 102 facilities-enterprises in the Silesian Voivodeship employing at least 20 employees. The respondents were employees within the meaning of the Labor Code who declared knowledge of basic regulations in the field of occupational health and safety. The unambiguous lack of impact of compliance with the health and safety at work regulations by the employer on the decision on employment was indicated by 29.3% of respondents, while 60.8% of all respondents declared such an impact. Among the surveyed employees there was a group of undecided people,

Work Death in Victoria, 1987–1990: An Overview

1995 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Polk ◽  
Fiona Haines ◽  
Santina Perrone
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Repeat Offenders ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
A Company

This investigation describes the level and nature of work-related traumatic work deaths which occurred in Victoria in 1987–90. There were a total of 353 such deaths reported to the coroner in this period. While a large number of these deaths involved farmers or self-employed workers, a majority were found to involve work in the context of a company. Further, most of these company work deaths involved some amount of negligence on the part of the employer. In all, there were prosecutions in only 34 of the 353 fatalities, all of which resulted in convictions. Despite the fact that at least 25 of these deaths could be seen as resulting from extreme employer negligence, and that at least four of the negligent companies were repeat offenders, there were no prosecutions of either individuals or companies under provisions of the Crimes Act (all convictions were obtained for breaches of occupational health and safety regulations). There is in these data, then, further evidence of a ‘gentle’ posture on the part of regulatory agencies.

Arbeitsschutz bei ehrenamtlichen Beschäftigungsformen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roja Erdmann
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Telephone Counseling ◽  
Working Time ◽  
Fire Brigade ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Works Council ◽  
Psychological Risks

Volunteers encounter physical and psychological risks - for example in the volunteer fire brigade or telephone counseling. It is also linked to the occupational health and safety and working time challenges as a voluntary works council. The aim of this study is to counter the uncertainties regarding the application of health and safety regulations for these working forms. This is done by evaluating the personal scope of the Directive 89/391 /EEC, with the corresponding developed consequences for German occupational health and safety law.

Why Nafta Failed and What's Needed to Protect Workers' Health and Safety in International Trade Treaties

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garrett Brown
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Regulatory Standards

Labor standards, including occupational health and safety regulations and enforcement, are being subjected to intense downward pressures as a result of fundamental shifts in the global economy. The 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was the first trade treaty that attempted to promote and protect workplace health and safety through a “labor side agreement.” NAFTA failed to protect workers' health and safety due to the weaknesses of the side agreement's text; the political and diplomatic considerations limiting its implementation; and the failure to recognize and address the economic context, and political consequences of this context, in which the agreement was implemented. Subsequent trade treaties, both bilateral and regional, have not overcome the weaknesses of NAFTA. The treaty components needed to protect workers' health in future trade agreements are: 1) a minimum floor of occupational health and safety regulations; 2) an “upward harmonization” of regulatory standards and actual practice; 3) inclusion of employers so that they have formal responsibility and liability for violations of the standards; 4) effective enforcement of national regulations and international standards; 5) transparency and public participation; and 6) recognition of disparate economic conditions among trading partners and provision of financial and technical assistance to overcome economic disincentives and lack of resources. Also required are continued actions by non-governmental actors, including the workers themselves and civil society organizations.

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