How many injured workers do not file claims for workers' compensation benefits?

Shannon, Harry S.; Lowe, Graham S.

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“…One concern was the use of self-reported "receipt of workers' compensation" as a surrogate measure for worker injury. Less than 50% of workplace injuries are reported (32), and not all are awarded compensation. As such, our measure does not capture all work-related injuries.…”

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Shift work trends and risk of work injury among Canadian workers

Wong¹,

McLeod²,

Demers³

2010

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Shift work trends and risk of work injury among Canadian workers

Wong¹,

McLeod²,

Demers³

2010

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…Under-reporting of occupational disease is known to be high in many jurisdictions [Shannon and Lowe, 2002;Biddle and Roberts, 2003;Morse et al, 2004;Réseau 'Surveiller les Cancers d'Origine Professionnelle en Seine Saint-Denis' (GISCOP93), 2005], although a significant number of acute injuries have also been shown to go underreported in Canada [Shannon and Lowe, 2002;Vézina et al, 2011] and the United States [Azaroff et al, 2002]. In highly adversarial systems even those suffering from acute trauma as a result of obvious industrial accidents may well be submitted to abusive contestation and suggestions of ''moral hazard,'' strategies that contribute to underreporting [Boden et al, 2001].…”

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Preserving workers' dignity in workers' compensation systems: An international perspective

Lippel

2012

American J Industrial Med

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BackgroundWorkers' compensation systems are among the most generous disability insurance systems in North America, although they are also known to be potentially adversarial and may have iatrogenic effects on claimants. This article examines issues to be considered to ensure fair compensation provided in a way that respects the dignity of workers.MethodsAn overview of the literature on characteristics and effects of workers' compensation systems is followed by an analysis based on classic legal methods, including those of comparative law, complemented with interview data to examine three models of disability compensation.ResultsThe first part of the article identifies cross cutting issues to be considered in the examination of the equity of compensation systems and the protection of the dignity of claimants. These include three underpinnings of workers' compensation: the links between a “no‐fault” system and the adversarial process, the appropriate use of medical and scientific evidence in the determination of compensability and the application of appropriate measures for promoting return to work. The second part looks at accident compensation in New Zealand, where compensation is available regardless of the cause of the accident, and disability insurance in the Netherlands, where compensation is available regardless of the cause of the disability. It then describes a composite of characteristics favorable to equity drawn from the thirteen workers' compensation systems in Canada.ConclusionSystems that succeed in reducing opportunities for adversarial interactions and that provide substantive protection could better promote the dignity of claimants. Am. J. Ind. Med. 55:519–536, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…Under-reporting is indeed very well-known to affect occupational injury data (see e.g. Galizzi et al, 2010;Rosenman et al, 2006;Shannon and Lowe, 2002;Tucker et al, 2014), and it might be significantly related to the type of contract. Firing a temporary worker is much easier than firing a permanent worker in Italy.…”

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Temporary jobs and the severity of workplace accidents

Picchio

Ours

2017

Journal of Safety Research

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Introduction: From the point of view of workplace safety, it is important to know whether having a temporary job has an effect on the severity of workplace accidents. We present an empirical analysis on the severity of workplace accidents by type of contract. Method: We used micro data collected by the Italian national institute managing the mandatory insurance against work related accidents. We estimated linear models for a measure of the severity of the workplace accident. We controlled for time-invariant fixed effects at worker and firm levels to disentangle the impact of the type of contract from the spurious one induced by unobservables at worker and firm levels. Results: Workers with a temporary contract, if subject to a workplace accident, were more likely to be confronted with severe injuries than permanent workers. When correcting the statistical analysis for injury underreporting of temporary workers, we found that most of, but not all, the effect is driven by the under-reporting bias. Conclusions: The effect of temporary contracts on the injury severity survived the inclusion of worker and firm fixed effects and the correction for temporary workers' injury under-reporting. This however does not exclude the possibility that, within firms, the nature of the work may vary between different categories of workers. For example, temporary workers might be more likely to be assigned by the employer dangerous tasks because they might have less bargaining power. Practical implications: The findings will be of help in designing public policy effective in increasing temporary workers' safety at work and limiting their injury under-reporting.

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How many injured workers do not file claims for workers' compensation benefits?

Cited by 230 publications

References 7 publications

Shift work trends and risk of work injury among Canadian workers

Shift work trends and risk of work injury among Canadian workers

Preserving workers' dignity in workers' compensation systems: An international perspective

Temporary jobs and the severity of workplace accidents

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