ISBN 1 86373 869 X. Publisher: Allen & Unwin (February 1996). 224
pages
Who is responsible for workplace safety?* Does self-regulation work?* Does safety pay?Managers are often reluctant to commit to occupational health and safety despite proven benefits to employees and the organisation. In Making Safety Work, Andrew Hopkins looks at the reasons behind the reluctance and argues that the current policy of emphasizing safety pays' is not effective. Rather, it is the threat of personal prosecution that most impresses employers.Based on interviews with Australian managers and occupational health and safety officers, Making Safety Workincludes extensive case material from a wide variety of organisations. Hopkins also outlines strategies which OHS officers and representatives can use to gain management cooperation and build a safety culture within their organisation.
Making Safety Workis essential reading for occupational health and safety practitioners, as well as students of management, organizational behaviour, business regulation and social policy.
Contents:
Part title; Title page; Contents; Figures; Preface; 1 Whose responsibility?; 2 Regulation versus economic incentives; 3 Employer responses to compensation pressures; 4 Beyond the reach of compensation: the need for regulation; 5 Other 'safety pays' arguments; 6 Regulations and regulators; 7 Prosecuting for workplace death and injury; 8 Workers and their unions; 9 The irrelevance of compensation costs: the case of the construction industry; 10 Does safety pay: the case of coal mining; 11 Strategies for safety specialists; 12 Strategies for govements and OHS authorities.
Who is responsible for workplace safety?* Does self-regulation work?* Does safety pay?Managers are often reluctant to commit to occupational health and safety despite proven benefits to employees and the organisation. In Making Safety Work, Andrew Hopkins looks at the reasons behind the reluctance and argues that the current policy of emphasizing safety pays' is not effective. Rather, it is the threat of personal prosecution that most impresses employers.Based on interviews with Australian managers and occupational health and safety officers, Making Safety Workincludes extensive case material from a wide variety of organisations. Hopkins also outlines strategies which OHS officers and representatives can use to gain management cooperation and build a safety culture within their organisation.
Making Safety Workis essential reading for occupational health and safety practitioners, as well as students of management, organizational behaviour, business regulation and social policy.
Contents:
Part title; Title page; Contents; Figures; Preface; 1 Whose responsibility?; 2 Regulation versus economic incentives; 3 Employer responses to compensation pressures; 4 Beyond the reach of compensation: the need for regulation; 5 Other 'safety pays' arguments; 6 Regulations and regulators; 7 Prosecuting for workplace death and injury; 8 Workers and their unions; 9 The irrelevance of compensation costs: the case of the construction industry; 10 Does safety pay: the case of coal mining; 11 Strategies for safety specialists; 12 Strategies for govements and OHS authorities.