Workers compensation in Western Australia: the shifting landscape of workers' rights.
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...
| Publicado en: | Health Sociology Review Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 41 - 53 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2008
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