加拿大移民中的工作挑战:对职业健康政策和实践的影响
Shu-Pinhg Chen1, Janki Shankar2, Tanvir C Turin3,4
1Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
概括
阿尔伯塔省受伤的移民工人因歧视和缺乏信息而面临着报告受伤和返回工作的重大障碍. 需要改变政策,以改善安全培训和对这些脆弱员工的支持.
科学领域:
- 职业健康和安全问题 职业健康和安全问题
- 移民研究 移民研究
- 社会经济研究 社会经济研究
背景情况:
- 移民工人在高风险行业经常面临独特的挑战.
- 了解他们受伤后的经历对于开发有针对性的支持系统至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查加拿大阿尔伯塔省的移民工人受伤后的经历.
- 确定伤害报告和返回工作过程中的挑战.
- 为改善结果提供政策建议的信息.
主要方法:
- 质量研究涉及27名受伤的移民员工的采访.
- 解释性分析以确定影响体验的关键主题和因素.
主要成果:
- 参与者在获取关于伤害报告,工人赔偿和福利的信息方面遇到了障碍.
- 报告了与雇主/保险公司的不良相互作用,不充分的住宿和不合适的再培训.
- 歧视,语言障碍,以及对失业的恐惧加剧了困难.
结论:
- 需要紧急的政策干预,包括加强移民的职业健康和安全培训.
- 更强大的雇主问责制和对文化敏感的返回工作计划是必不可少的.
- 改善对工人权利的沟通可以促进公平的结果.
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