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The authors examine workplace health and safety practices and workers' compensation claim management at some 450 Quebec firms in 1995. An analysis controlling for factors such as firm size and risk of injury finds that experience-rated employers-those whose workers' compensation insurance premiums were tied to their own injury rates-were more likely than non-experience-rated employers to implement measures to prevent workplace injury and disease. They also were more likely to engage in aggressive claims management, that is, practices for reducing compensation costs by means other than disease and injury prevention, such as hastening the injured worker's rehabilitation and challenging claims. These dual efforts appear to have resulted in a reduction in injury claims. There is also evidence of a systematic relationship between wages and compensation cost reduction strategy, with high-wage firms more likely than low-wage firms to emphasize improvement of health and safety over claims management.

Uses data on employer unfair labor practices & the outcome of union certification applications in Ontario, 1982-1990, to test the claim that one reason for higher union density in Canada than in the US is that union certification procedures are considerably less time-consuming in Canada. It is found that employer unfair labor practices reduced union support in certification campaigns in Ontario, but their effect is far less significant than that found in studies of the certification process in the US. 5 Tables, 32 References. Adapted from the source document.

Several observers have argued that one reason for higher union destiny in Canada than in the US is that union certification procedures are considerably less time-consuming in Canada. The analysis of data on unfair labor practices and the outcomes of union certification applications in Ontario from 1982 through 1990 demonstrates that Ontario's certification procedures, which are similar to those used in most other Canadian jurisdictions, significantly reduce the effect of illegal managerial practices designed to influence worker choice with respect to the representation decision. This reduction in the effectiveness of union suppression tactics may be due to limits on the time during which management can attempt to weaken union support during the certification process. A study found that employer unfair labor practices reduced union support in certification campaigns in Ontario, but their effect is far less significant than that found in studies of the certification process in the US.

Several observers have argued that one reason for higher union density in Canada than in the United States is that union certification procedures are considerably less time-consuming in Canada. This study tests that claim through an analysis of data on employer unfair labor practices and the outcome of union certification applications in Ontario from 1982 through 1990. The author finds that employer unfair labor practices reduced union support in certification campaigns in Ontario, but their effect is far less significant than that found in studies of the certification process in the United States.

Using a sample of New York nonscheduled permanent disability claims, this article estimates the probability of controversion (the act of denying liability for a workers' compensation claim) and the conditional probability of benefit reductions initiated by insurers. The data suggest that insurers are more likely to adjust claims where the probability of a successful adjustment (i.e., an adjustment that is upheld by the workers' compensation board) is high. Although there is some evidence that insurers are more likely to adjust more costly claims, benefit levels are negatively related to adjustment probability, contrary to expectations. These results indicate that insurers are less likely to adjust high benefit claims since these claimants are more likely to resist adjustment efforts.

Two samples of administrative records from state workers' compensation programs are used to investigate factors explaining the probability of a permanent partial disability conditional on a compensation claim and the size of the award conditional on a permanent partial disability. The probability of a permanent disability is found to be positively related to the level of weekly permanent partial disability benefits as well as the potential duration of benefits. In addition, the process determining whether compensation claimants receive a permanent partial award is independent of and different from the process determining the size of the award.