Shortly after the re-election of the Howard government in October 1998 a group of five prominent economists proposed a plan to 'cut the jobless rate' in an open letter addresses to the Prime Minister (The Australian, October 26 1998). This article seeks to critically consider the economist's...

This paper focuses on the impact of changing employment patterns on work-related injury and illness outcomes, the accuracy of data bases recording these and the appropriateness of current prevention policies and inspectoral strategies.

This paper provides an overview of the types of occupational violence commonly experienced in Australia and other western industrialised countries, incidence and severity patterns, and identifies the most "at risk" jobs.

Over the past decade the rapid expansion in outsourcing/subcontracting has caused a significant shift in labour markets and work organisation within many industrialised societies. The occupational health and safety (OHS) consequences of subcontracting have received little attention from...

This paper examines the relationship between workplace reform and occupational health and safety. Since the early 1980s major changes have occured to both industrial relations and occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation. Legislative changes and policy initiatives have created both...

In this paper, the authors contented that a multi-faceted and organisation-wide approach has to be adopted in the prevention of occupational violence on health care facilities.

Significant changes to employment structures within industrialised countries over the past 20 years are likely to have profound ramifications for occupational health and safety (OHS). There has been some awareness that changes in the level of employment within particular industries over time,...

The paper argues that the adoption of more flexible labour policies has been a major feature of work and employment restructuring in the 1980s and 1990s. We argue that there are three main dimensions of labour utilisation: work intensification; job broadening and employment insecurity. These...

The analysis of Australian union behaviour, growth and structure has centred on the relationship between unions and arbitration. To varying degrees it has been assumed that Australian unions are, through their involvement and legal incorporation into the arbitral system of labour market...

This paper offers a systematic overview of the working class, refutes common arguments about its supposed disappearance or irrelevance, and seeks to demonstrate the power of Marxist analysis in explaining its role and behaviour. We understand the workingclass as those who do not own or control...