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Conclusions and Ways Forward

In: Worker Representation and Workplace Health and Safety

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  • David Walters

    (Cardiff University)

  • Theo Nichols

    (Cardiff University)

Abstract

Despite gradual improvements in the frequency of work-related injuries and fatalities over the course of the last century, in the UK there are still over 20,000 deaths every year that are attributable annually to injuries or ill health related to work; 25,000 people leave employment as a result of work-related injury or illness; and more than 2 million suffer from ill health that in their view was caused or made worse by work. Work-related ill health results in the loss of over 30 million working days each year and many more workers experience limitations on their daily activities that stem from work-related illnesses.1 The failure of employers to properly discharge the legal duties to prevent harm to their workers, which is suggested by such statistics, provides strong ethical and pragmatic reasons why people at work should have rights to adequate representation of their health and safety interests.

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  • David Walters & Theo Nichols, 2007. "Conclusions and Ways Forward," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Worker Representation and Workplace Health and Safety, chapter 6, pages 146-165, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-21071-4_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230210714_7
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