Submission by the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Commission of Western Australia to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety Frameworks

National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety Frameworks Submission to the Productivity Commission from the Business Council of Australia Submission

The BCA makes the following submission in respect of national frameworks for workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety. This submission is made in response to the issues paper titled “National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety Frameworks” (“Issues Paper”) released by the Productivity Commission (“Commission”) in April 2003. The submission focuses on options...

Assessment of whole-body occupational radiation exposures in nuclear medicine practices of Bangladesh during 2010-2014

Introduction: Occupational exposure to ionizing radiation due to medical activities (both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures) has increased sharply in recent years. Among the occupationally exposed workers in these fields, those most affected by this increased exposure to ionizing radiation are nuclear medicine workers. In this study, annual average effective dose, annual collective effectiv...

Working Paper --UC DATA Analysis Funded by: Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation and the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Relative Maximum Values Approach to Estimating Impact of Permanent Disability Rating Schedule Effective 1/1/05

The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation

Integrating Group Health and Workers’ Compensation Medical Care

This factsheet describes findings from a pilot project conducted in 2006-08 to integrate medical care for unionized janitorial workers in California. The principal participants were the workers’ union, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1877, and a major janitorial employer, DMS Facility Services. Collaborating organizations included Kaiser Permanente, workers’ compensation insu...