Title Hazard or hardship : crafting global norms on the right to refuse unsafe work / Jeffrey Hilgert

Published Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: commodified workers and the international response -- 1. Human rights and the struggle to define hazards -- 2. Theoretical perspectives on individual employment rights -- 3. The right to refuse in international labor law -- 4. How effective are convention 155 refusal rights? -- 5. Ideological origins of the global framework -- 6. Negotiating "safe" rights versus seeking social justice -- Conclusion: the future of labor rights in the working environment Summary Today, hazardous work kills 2.3 million people each year and injures millions more. Among the most compelling yet controversial forms of legal protection for workers is the right to refuse unsafe work. The rise of globalization, precarious work, neoliberal politics, attacks on unions, and the idea of individual employment rights have challenged the protection of occupational health and safety for workers worldwide. This book presents the protection of refusal rights as a moral and a human rights question Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Print version record Subject Industrial safety -- Law and legislation. Employee rights. Labor laws and legislation. LAW -- Labor & Employment. LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. Employee rights Industrial safety -- Law and legislation Labor laws and legislation Internationales Arbeitsrecht Arbeitssicherheit Form Electronic book LC no. 2019724581 ISBN 9780801469237 0801469236 9780801469244 0801469244

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