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Occupational Health and Safety of Temporary and Agency Workers

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posted on 2015-05-07, 09:22 authored by Benjamin A. Hopkins
Previous quantitative studies have established a link between precarious work and occupational health and safety (OHS). Using an ethnographically informed qualitative approach, this article investigates the workplace experiences of different types of precarious workers, in particular those who are directly-employed temporary workers and those who are engaged through an agency. Drawing on the work of Andrew Hopkins, the article finds cultural practices that lead to worsened OHS experiences for those who are engaged through an agency. These experiences include inadequate safety training, poor quality personal protective equipment and a lack of clarity of supervisory roles.

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Data for this article were collected during the author’s PhD studies, which were funded by the ESRC.

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Citation

Economic and Industrial Democracy April 29, 2015 0143831X15581424

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/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE/School of Management

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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Economic and Industrial Democracy April 29

Publisher

SAGE Publications, Uppsala University, Sweden, Department of Economic History

issn

0143-831X

eissn

1461-7099

Copyright date

2015

Available date

2015-05-07

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http://eid.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/04/29/0143831X15581424

Editors

Ottosson, J.

Language

en

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