Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Accident compensation and occupational health and safety

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Accident compensation and occupational health and safety / Ian B. Campbell

Sumario: In 1974, consequent on the earlier recommendations of a Royal Commission examining the desirability of improving the then Workers' Compensation legislation, New Zealand introduced what many have hailed as an epoch-making scheme providing earnings-related compensation for all accident victims. The Commission, realizing a need to abandon the rather eneven common law rights, was convinced that there had to be some compensatory measure, hence the 24-h compensation cover. The major criticisms that have arisen are examined and commented on, including the adventageous position in which the injured find themselves as compared with the sick and disabled

En: The Annals of occupational hygiene. - Oxford [etc.]. - nº 4, August 1990 ; p. 405-411

1. Seguridad e higiene en el trabajo . 2. Accidentes de trabajo . 3. Enfermedades profesionales . 4. Riesgo laboral . 5. Indemnizaciones . 6. Legislación . 7. Nueva Zelanda . I. Título. II. Título: The Annals of occupational hygiene.