An Accident-Risk Assessment Study of Temporary Piece Rated Workers.

Saha, Archita; Takiar, Ramnath; Chaudhuri, R. N.; Saiyed, H. N.

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“…There is some evidence suggesting that performance pay raises injury rates (e.g. Bender et al 2012;Saha et al 2004) while Freeman and Kleiner (2005) find a positive association with compensation costs. Performance pay is also found to have negative effects on general health (Bender and Theodossiou 2013;Foster and Rosenzweig 1994).…”

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Job-Related Well-Being Through the Great Recession

Green¹,

Felstead

Gallie

et al. 2014

J Happiness Stud

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We study how job-related well-being (measured by Warr's 'Enthusiasm' and 'Contentment' scales) altered through the Great Recession, and how this is related to changing job quality. Using nationally representative data for Britain, we find that jobrelated well-being was stable between 2001 and 2006, but then declined between 2006 and 2012. We report relevant changes in job quality. In modelling the determinants of jobrelated well-being, we confirm several previously-studied hypotheses and present some new findings: downsizing, work re-organisation, decreased choice, and linking pay to organisational performance each reduce well-being; indicators of skills challenge in jobs have more of a positive association with Enthusiasm than with Contentment, while effort has a more negative association with Contentment than with Enthusiasm. Our estimates are largely orthogonal to the effects of personality traits and demographic controls on wellbeing. Using a standard decomposition, we find that the 2006-2012 fall in job-related wellbeing is partly accounted for by accelerations in the pace of workplace change, rising job insecurity, increased effort and changing participation.Keywords Effort Á Job insecurity Á Downsizing Á Performance-related pay Á Organisational participation Á Job-related well-being Á Task discretion Á Skill IntroductionThis paper is concerned with what happens to the job-related well-being of those in employment in a major recession. Periods of economic crisis and stagnation are typically seen as occasions for accelerated changes in employment and production relations. Whether through Schumpeterian creative destruction or through a shift in the balance of power, the opportunity may be taken to renew working methods, relationships and pay bargains, with consequences for both employers and their employees. Major economic downturns are known to generate falls in general well-being (as manifested in overall life satisfaction and health indicators) which extend beyond those rendered involuntarily unemployed to the broader workforce who feel less secure and to their dependants (Burchell 1994;Di Tella et al. 2003;Green 2011). The focus here, however, is on how indicators of job-related wellbeing (feelings about one's job) are changed over a recession, and on how this is related to changing job quality. To investigate this, we examine the specific instance of employees in Britain before and after the 'Great Recession' of 2008-2009.Since job-related well-being is an end in itself, studying it needs no additional motivation. Nevertheless, there is evidence that job-related well-being is associated with productivity, absenteeism and labour turnover (e.g. De Neve et al. 2013;Warr 2007;Zelenski et al. 2008)-even if much remains to be done to determine the magnitude of the causal effects. In recent years well-being-including in the domain of work-has been assigned a place in the 'beyond GDP' agenda (Stiglitz et al. 2009). A better understanding of various dimensions of well-being at an aggregate level are re...

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Job-Related Well-Being Through the Great Recession

Green¹,

Felstead

Gallie

et al. 2014

J Happiness Stud

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“…Morris [1999] found temporary workers in a manufacturing setting to have injury rates two to three times higher than permanent workers. Saha et al [2004] found increased rates of incidence, frequency, and severity for temporary piece rate workers compared to permanent workers. A recent study exploring the cost of contingent workers found that temporary workers had four to seven times the claim frequency compared to permanent workers [Park and Butler, 2001].…”

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Temporary workers in Washington State

Smith

Silverstein

Bonauto

et al. 2009

American J Industrial Med

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Temporary agency employed workers have higher claims incidence rates than those in standard employment arrangements. The rate ratios are twofold higher in the construction and manufacturing industry sectors. More research is needed to explore potential reasons for this disparity in occupational injuries. Industry or some measure of job exposure should be included when comparing injury rates in different types of employment in order to better identify areas for prevention.

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“…This might be explained by the presence of hazardous materials, mechanical instruments, and dangerous devices and instruments in the production departments (Saha et al, 2004). …”

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Occupational Injuries Among Workers in a Nitrogenous Fertilizers Company, Egypt

Al-Wehedy

2017

Egypt. J. Occup. Med.

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Introduction: During manufacturing of fertilizers, workers may be exposed to several occupational accidents. Fertilizers industry is one of the most important industries in Egypt. It is considered a subsector of the chemical industries which is based on the usage of numerous types of chemicals in large quantities. Aim of work: to estimate the frequency and severity rates of occupational injuries among workers in a nitrogenous fertilizers company and to describe their pattern and possible risk factors. Materials and methods: The study comprised two parts; part I which was a record-based study of occupational injuries during a period of three years and part II which was a casecontrol study of the occupational injuries during the same period. Results: Having job strain, absence of past jobs, non using of gloves, and sometimes using of gloves and helmet were independently associated with the likelihood of having occupational injuries (OR= 1.9, 1.9, 7.7, 5.3, and 2.4, respectively). Conclusion: Workers at Fertilizers Company face many occupational injuries that could be ameliorated through environmental, administrative and personal measures by the implementation of an effective occupational health and awareness programs.

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An Accident-Risk Assessment Study of Temporary Piece Rated Workers.

Cited by 53 publications

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Job-Related Well-Being Through the Great Recession

Job-Related Well-Being Through the Great Recession

Temporary workers in Washington State

Occupational Injuries Among Workers in a Nitrogenous Fertilizers Company, Egypt

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