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Interpersonal fear often explains why workplace hazards go unreported, even in high-risk industries.
Faculty members say they are worried about job security but also whether they should be introducing certain topics, like gender, in their class or with colleagues.
The work environment is a social determinant of health. However, work has been underused as a lever to address health inequalities.
While a workplace fatality is a great tragedy, an even greater tragedy is not learning from it.
“June-tired” has taken on a whole new meaning for educators this year. What can be done this summer to help them recharge and recover?
The pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives, and new study shows it’s also changed workplace dynamics — mostly to the detriment of workers.
AMP’s sexual harassment scandal is symptomatic of a systemic failing in how workplace sexual harassment is regulated and managed.
Tens of millions of Americans who have been telecommuting during the pandemic are beginning to head back to the office – even though COVID-19 remains a threat.
Better public awareness about Australian jellyfish is vital, especially as many Aussies head to the beach for likely the last time this Easter.
Five years on from the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, improvements have been made. But workers compensation is still to happen.
Understanding the hazards and risks of pesticides is vital for people using them on crops.
We already know the solutions to stem the exploitation of migrant workers, and they involve changes at both the employer and government level.
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Professor and Risk, Innovation & Sustainability Chair (RISC), University of Alberta
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Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Sussex
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Research Officer, Monash University
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Professor and Head of the Environmental Health Division, University of Cape Town
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Senior Researcher Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute; Sessional Academic RMIT University, The Australia Institute
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Senior Scientist, Institute for Work & Health. Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor of Epidemiology (Emeritis), University of Toronto
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Research Scientist in Marine Biology, University of Tasmania
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Professor Emeritus School of Labour Studies and Department of Economics, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Population Health Equity, University of Toronto
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Professorial Fellow, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh
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Associate Professsor of Law, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Strategic Management & Public Policy, George Washington University