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This volume examines questions related to the prevention, compensation, and accommodation of work disabilities. It focuses on disabilities arising out of workplace activity.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Dispelling the Myths about Work Disability
The Prevention of Disability from Work-related Sources: The Roles of Risk Management, Government Intervention, and Insurance
The Prevention of Behavioral Disabilities from Nonwork Sources: Employee Assistance Programs and Related Strategies
The Role of Unions and Collective Bargaining in Preventing Work-related Disability
Reducing the Consequences of Disability: Policies to Reduce Discrimination against Disabled Workers
Facilitating Employment through Vocational Rehabilitation
Compensation for Disabled Workers: Workers’ Compensation
Social Security Disability Insurance: A Policy Review
Disputes and Dispute Resolutions
Convergence: A Comparison of European and U.S. Disability Policy
CONTRIBUTORS
LEO J. M. AARTS
MARJORIE L. BALDWIN
MONROE BERKOWITZ
TERRY C. BLUM
RICHARD V. BURKHAUSER
JOHN F. BURTON JR.
RICHARD J. BUTLER
DAVID DEAN
PHILIP R. DE JONG
DAVID DURBIN
DOUGLAS HYATT
BARBARA A. ISRAEL
WILLIAM G. JOHNSON
PAUL LANDSBERGIS
BARBARA A. LEE
JERRY L. MASHAW
VIRGINIA RENO
KAREN ROBERTS
PAUL M. ROMAN
SUSAN J. SCHURMAN
EMILY A. SPIELER
TERRY THOMASON
ROGER J. THOMPSON
DAVID WEIL
Reviews
"The editors and contributors highlight the inevitable trade-offs that are involved in [disability in the workplace], and make policy recommendations that are generally reasonable and backed by careful analysis and often new research findings."--Morley Gunderson. Dept. of Economics, University of Toronto. Industrial and Labor Relations Review July, 2000.
"[W]hy is it so easy to recommend this book to JVIB readers - more precisely, to readers keenly interested in designing and applying disability policy to the complex area loosely summarized as 'the workplace'? Two virtues stand out: analytic sophistication and a reasonably balanced perspective on hotly debated issues."--Corinne Kirchner. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, July 2000
About the Author
TERRY THOMASON teaches at McGill University, JOHN F. BURTON JR., teaches at Rutgers University, and DOUGLAS HYATT teaches at the University of Wisconsin.
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