Workplace Health and Safety

1. Introduction: Representing Workers on Health and Safety in the Modern World of Work
David Walters, Theo Nichols

Part I. National Arrangements for Workers’ Representation: Case Studies from Europe and Australia

2. Worker Representation on Health and Safety in the UK — Problems with the Preferred Model and Beyond
Theo Nichols, David Walters

3. The Australian Framework for Worker Participation in Occupational Health and Safety
Richard Johnstone

4. Health and Safety Committees in France: An Empirical Analysis
Thomas Coutrot

5. Characteristics, Activities and Perceptions of Spanish Safety Representatives
Ana M. García, Maria J. López-Jacob, Isabel Dudzinski, Rafael Gadea, Fernando Rodrigo

6. An Afterword on European Union Policy and Practice
Laurent Vogel, David Walters

Part II. Challenges and Strategies for Worker Representation in the Modern World of Work

7. Precarious Employment and the Internal Responsibility System: Some Canadian Experiences
Wayne Lewchuk, Marlea Clarke, Alice Wolff

8. Employee ‘Voice’ and Working Environment in the New Member States: Translating Policy into Practice in the Baltic States
Charles Woolfson, Dace Calite, Epp Kallaste

9. Health and Safety Representation in Small Firms: A Swedish Success that is Threatened by Political and Labour Market Changes
Kaj Frick

10. Trade Union Strategies to Support Representation on Health and Safety in Australia and the UK: Integration or Isolation?
Rebecca Loudoun, David Walters

11. Worker Representation and Health and Safety: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future
Phil James

Nyckelord: Business and Management, Human Resource Management, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, Economics, general, Management, Office Management