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Record Nr.

UNINA9910324047603321

Autore

Hunt H. Allan

Titolo

Workers' Compensation : Analysis for Its Second Century / / H. Allan Hunt, Marcus Dillender

Pubbl/distr/stampa

W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2017

Kalamazoo : , : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, , [2017]

©[2017]

ISBN

0-88099-531-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 pages)

Collana

WE focus series

Disciplina

368.4/100973

368.4100973

Soggetti

Industrial safety - United States

Workers' compensation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Benefit adequacy and equity -- The challenge of return to work in workers' compensation -- Workers' compensation and incentives for preventing injuries -- Conclusion -- References -- Authors -- Index -- About the Institute.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume represents an effort to draw policy implications from research in three critical performance areas for workers’ compensation programs; prevention of disabling injury and disease, return to work performance for injured workers, and the adequacy of compensation for those disabled by their workplace.