How Precarious Employment Affects Health and Safety at Work: The Case of Temporary Agency Workers
How Precarious Employment Affects Health and Safety at Work: The Case of Temporary Agency Workers
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DOI：
10.7202/1006345ar
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发表时间：
2011-06-01
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0.4
通讯作者：
Quinlan, Michael
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作者：
Underhill, Elsa;Quinlan, Michael
国际研究表明，临时工比其他类型的雇员更容易在工作中受伤。然而，对此的解释却不那么直截了当。本文试图开始填补这一空白。在澳大利亚维多利亚州，根据1995-2001年受伤的机构工人和直接雇用工人的工伤索赔档案，对临时机构工人的职业健康和安全进行了一项研究，并于2003年对临时机构工人进行了焦点小组调查。在分析结果时，使用了已开发的模型中确定的风险因素来解释不稳定就业如何影响OHS -压力，无序和监管失败（PDR）模型（Quinlan和Bohle， 2004,2009）。主要利用定性数据，本文发现，虽然代理工人与其他形式的不稳定工人具有共同的风险因素，但与代理就业的三角性质相关的独特特征进一步加剧了他们的脆弱性。
International studies indicate temporary agency workers are more likely to be injured at work than other types of employees. However explanations for this have been less forthcoming. This paper seeks to begin filling this gap. A study was undertaken in Victoria, Australia, of occupational health and safety (OHS) amongst temporary agency workers drawing upon workers' compensation claim files for injured agency and directly hired workers from 1995-2001, and focus groups of temporary agency workers conducted in 2003. In analyzing the results, use was made of risk factors identified in a model that has been developed to explain how precarious employment affects OHS - the pressure, disorganization and regulatory failure (PDR) model (Quinlan and Bohle, 2004, 2009). Drawing principally on qualitative data, the paper finds that whilst agency workers share common risk factors with other forms of precarious workers, unique characteristics associated with the triangular nature of agency employment heighten their vulnerability further.