Regulating workplace risks : a comparative study of inspection regimes in times of change / David Walters ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walters, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial safety.

Industrial safety--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Regulating Workplace Risks is a study of regulatory inspection of occupational health and safety (OHS) and its management in five countries - Australia, Canada (Quebec), France, Sweden and the UK - during a time of major change. It examines the implications of the shift from specification to process based regulation, in which attention has been increasingly directed to the means of managing OHS more systematically at a time in which a major restructuring of work has occurred in response to the globalised economy. These changes provide both the context and material for a wider discussion of the

Contents:

pt. 1. Regulatory inspection and the management of occupational health and safety : international perspectives

pt. 2. National experiences

pt. 3. The implications of change.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-29391-9

9786613293916

0-85793-165-2

OCLC:

755414460