Introduction    1

Part One. Employment Relationships in Canada    11

Part Two. Preventing Workplace Injury  27

Development of occupational health and safety in Canada  28

Canada’s OHS system today   42

Conclusion  46

Part Three. Critique of OHS in Canada   47

Recognizing injury and hazards  48

Regulating workplace hazards  59

Conclusion  85

Part Four. Political Economy of Preventing Workplace Injury  89

Why regulate ineffectively?  89

Injury in the new economy  99

Conclusion  103

Part Five. Compensation of Workplace Injury  105

Workers’ compensation in Canada  106

Injury recognition revisited  111

Conclusion  122

Part Six. Worker Benefits and Claims Management  125

Earnings-loss benefits 126

Other benefits 129

Funding workers’ compensation 135

Conclusion 143

Part Seven. Managing Workers via Injury Compensation  145

Claim adjudication and administration 147

Appeals 150

Privatization and abolishment 157

Precarious employment 167

Conclusion 171

Part Eight. Conclusion  173

Notes; Select Bibliography; Index