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Workers compensation in Western Australia: The shifting landscape of workers' rights.
- Source :
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Health Sociology Review . Jun2008, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p41-52. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- In 2004 and 2005 the West Australian Labor Government significantly amended the Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 (WA) (the Act). These amendments followed over a decade of shifting power plays and uncertainty for the many stakeholders in the system. The significance of these state-based reforms cannot be underestimated, providing a localised example of a broader contestation between the interests of private business and the shifting terrain of industrial citizenship. This article documents the last decade of workers compensation reforms within Western Australia and a summary of changes which ultimately took effect in November 2005. In keeping with the post-modern emphasis on context, this paper locates the Western Australian changes within a broader discussion of the shifting landscape of rights and entitlements engendered through neo-liberal discourse. In particular, as this paper explores, the changes to Western Australian workers compensation policy can be read as a reflection on the way employers, government and the insurance industry interpret and engage with the continuing realignment of worker entitlements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14461242
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Health Sociology Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33391280
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5172/hesr.451.17.1.41