Essays about: "occupational health and safety practices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words occupational health and safety practices.

  1. 1. A Justified Infringement on Privacy? - A Qualitative Study on the Private Labour Market Actors’ Perceptions of Workplace Drug Testing

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Anna Asp; [2021-08-25]
    Keywords : Workplace drug test; Privacy; Prevention; Rehabilitation; Stigmatization;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to get an understanding of the perceptions and experiences of drug tests as a measure to prevent substance use at workplaces. The focus was to explore the perceptions of different actors within the private labour market concerning the integrity-sensitive aspects that are connected to drug test at work places and to understand perceptions on drug prevention, positive test results and drug rehabilitation in relation to drug tests. READ MORE

  3. 2. POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS OF BANNING TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT IN THE GERMAN MEAT INDUSTRY

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Boglárka Takács; [2021]
    Keywords : risk society thesis; individualization thesis; individual survival strategies; German meat industry; precariat; migrant workers; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The German meat industry is a popular labour market destination for unskilled Eastern and Middle European workers. The precarious employment and housing conditions, exacerbated by a staggering number of COVID-19 infections, received immense media attention in 2020. READ MORE

  4. 3. Considerations and Development of a Ventilation on Demand System in Konsuln Mine

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Geoteknologi

    Author : Seth Gyamfi; [2020]
    Keywords : Ventilation on demand VOD ; Swedish Occupational Health Safety OH S regulations; Threshold Limit Value TLV ; Ventilation model; Diesel; battery-powered; heat; and blast simulations; Contaminants;

    Abstract : Ventilation on demand (VOD) concept has earned significant worldwide attention by several mining companies in recent years. It is a concept where airflow is provided only to areas that require ventilation. The implementation of the concept has resulted in significant savings in annual energy consumption and cost for several companies globally. READ MORE

  5. 4. Trapped in Forced Labor and Discrimination: Cambodian Migrant Domestic Workers under the Memorandum of Understanding between Malaysia and Cambodia on the Recruitment and Employment of Domestic Workers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Vongdarareach Chhour; [2020]
    Keywords : Cambodian Migrant Domestic Workers; Cambodia; Malaysia; Memorandum of Understanding; ILO Convention No.189 ; International labor standards; International human rights standards; Terms and conditions of employment; Admission procedures and recruitment practices; Access to justice; Forced labor; Trafficking in Persons; Discrimination in respect of employment and occupation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Following the suspension of sending Cambodian migrant domestic workers (MDWs) to Malaysia in 2011, Cambodian and Malaysia have recently promulgated the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Recruitment and Employment of Domestic Workers. The purpose of this study is to examine the implications of the MOU on the human rights of Cambodian MDWs and to assess the compatibility of the MOU with International Human Rights Law. READ MORE

  6. 5. Motives behind the implementation of Occupational Health and Safety practices in logistics operations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Vasileios Bartzokas; [2015]
    Keywords : Logistics; Greece; WHS; Delphi method; Work Health and Safety; OSH; H S; OH S; OHS; CSR; Occupational Health and Safety; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept of high relevance for business in general, and within logistics in particular (Seuring et al., 2008), and represents a set of actions that extend beyond the legal obligations and the explicit monetary interests of the company, aiming to benefit the society (McWilliams and Siegel, 2001). READ MORE