Incidence of Work and Workplace Injury Among Alberta Teens

Barnetson, Bob

doi:10.25071/1705-1436.16

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“…Indeed, most commentary about young people and work raises concerns, particularly in terms of workplace health and safety (Hall et al, 2011; Runyan and Zakocs, 2000). For example, many studies have examined risk factors associated with young worker injury, suggesting that inadequate training, job type and power imbalances make young workers more vulnerable to injury than older workers (Barnetson, 2013; Breslin and Smith 2005; Cohen, 2013; Runyan and Zakocs, 2000). Some of the research on this issue points to how neo-liberal cutbacks (Cohen, 2013) and individualization of responsibility may lead young workers to feel uncomfortable raising safety concerns at work.…”

Section: Young Workers In the Global Northmentioning

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“I’ll be more prepared than most people”: Very young Canadian workers talking about their first jobs

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We report on interviews with very young Canadian workers regarding their first jobs, with a focus on why they started working, the rewards and risks of their work, and their familial supports. Our participants were largely positive about their early work experiences, although they also raised concerns, e.g. about safety. We reflect on three interrelated themes emerging from their accounts: competence and vulnerability, independence and dependence, and protection and under-protection.

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Section: Young Workers In the Global Northmentioning

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“I’ll be more prepared than most people”: Very young Canadian workers talking about their first jobs

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“…Our research is informed by political economy (PE), 53 a framework that contributes to understanding why different stakeholders benefit differently. 53 , 54 A PE lens recognizes the influence, on micro-level experiences, of broader systemic factors, including the rules governing prevention and compensation systems, which are in turn shaped by the power dynamics and interests of the state, employers, and workers, as well as broader political and macro-economic conditions. 54 – 57 Applying a PE lens, we sought to uncover inequities within political and economic systems, and reveal how policies (e.g., labour market and social welfare) influence and shape the experiences of precarious employment and resulting health inequities among our research participants.…”

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The Health and Safety Experiences of Precariously Employed Bangladeshi Immigrant Workers in Toronto During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Premji,

Begum,

Laila

et al. 2024

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Racialized immigrants in Canada have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our qualitative, community-based study with South Asian Women and Immigrants’ Services examined the impact of the second and third waves of the pandemic on the work and health of precariously employed Bangladeshi immigrant women and men in Toronto. Our study is based on interviews and focus group discussions with 45 workers, all conducted in Bangla, and 11 key informants. Interviews reveal work transitions, an increase in precarity, work in essential sectors, exposures at work, home and in transit, workplace prevention and management gaps, and an inability to take time off, with significant impacts on workers’ physical and mental health. We discuss the implications of our findings for prevention, preparedness, and response by workplaces and governments to decrease the risk and reduce the impact of infectious diseases emergencies in the precarious work sector.

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“…The development of OHS research on precarious work contexts and social inequalities in health over the last two decades has shown that certain categories of workers are exposed to a greater risk of sustaining occupational injuries and experiencing various obstacles related to the declaration of an injury, coverage by a third-party payer, and the rehabilitation and return-to-work (RTW) processes [73][74][75]. Workers in vulnerable situations are more often those with precarious employment status that offers little social protection and career prospects; temporary workers; or workers who are recent immigrants, racialised, or temporary foreign workers [6,[76][77][78][79][80].…”

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A Reflection on Paradoxes and Double Binds in the Workplace in the Era of Super-Diversity

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2023

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Occupational health and safety (OHS) is a largely technical field, still guided by a biomedical model of health that seeks to isolate factors that cause injury. Despite a growing literature on organisational and managerial factors influencing occupational health, their full integration into the OHS concept has been slow. A broader understanding is still needed to recognise the restructuring of work and the link between well-being at work and management style. In the context of a rapidly changing world of work, increasing workforce diversity, and inequality, OHS needs to take account of the social sciences and humanities to broaden its reductionist vision. Occupational illnesses, distress, and suffering, especially in relation to relational or organisational issues, have no initial cause or specific ontology; they result from a long-standing process or repetitive relational pattern that needs to be exposed and understood in greater depth, considering contextual factors and dynamics. Using the authors’ anthropological backgrounds and the basic principles of the double bind theory developed many decades ago by Gregory Bateson and his colleagues at the Palo Alto School of Communication, we propose a reflection on pragmatic paradoxes or double bind situations in the workplace (which can be briefly defined as the presence of contradictory or conflicting demands or messages), their potential impact on workers’ health and well-being, and how to resolve them. This paper sought to explore the world of pragmatic paradoxes and double binds by discussing different categories, types, or forms of paradoxes/double binds that occur in the context of occupational health and their underlying mechanisms. It also includes a discussion of the possible link to the concept of super-diversity, as it too is associated with migration channels, employment, gendered flows, and local systems. Finally, we discuss the practical implications of this understanding for health professionals, researchers, and policymakers, from a perspective of promoting more holistic and context-sensitive interactional approaches to occupational health.

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Incidence of Work and Workplace Injury Among Alberta Teens

Cited by 7 publications

References 30 publications

“I’ll be more prepared than most people”: Very young Canadian workers talking about their first jobs

“I’ll be more prepared than most people”: Very young Canadian workers talking about their first jobs

The Health and Safety Experiences of Precariously Employed Bangladeshi Immigrant Workers in Toronto During the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Reflection on Paradoxes and Double Binds in the Workplace in the Era of Super-Diversity

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