How precarious employment affects health and safety at work: The case of temporary agency workers

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-421

  Underhill, Elsa ^a   Quinlan, Michael ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Occupational health and safety; Precarious employment; Temporary agency work

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955126665     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/1006345ar     Document Type: Article

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