Issue Briefings

Issue Briefings summarize, in plain language, research findings from the Institute for Work & Health, and elsewhere, on topics that are of particular interest to policy-makers. Where appropriate, they also explore the policy implications of this research. Issue Briefings are designed to give readers a quick overview of key findings on a topic, and to summarize a continuing conversation on the issues. While they do not attempt to be systematic or comprehensive in their review of the relevant literature, they do pay attention to the quality of the research. They also consider existing reviews of the literature when available.

Vulnerable workers and risk of work injury (November 2016)
Measuring the adequacy of workers’ compensation benefits in Ontario: An update (March 2016)
Divergent trends in work-related and non-work-related injury in Ontario (June 2015)
Suppression of workplace injury and illness claims in Ontario and Manitoba (October 2014)
Developing leading indicators of work injury and illness (October 2013)
Effectiveness of targeted OHS labour inspections (September 2012)
The Canadian recession and the compensation of work-related injury and illness (February 2012)
Trends in no-lost-time claims in Ontario (August 2011)
The adequacy of workers’ compensation benefits (and supplemental report) (January 2011)
A patchwork quilt: Income security for Canadians with disabilities (November 2010)
Shift work and health (April 2010)
Workers' compensation in California and Canada (February 2010)
Declining trends in young worker injury rates, 2000 to 2007 (October 2009)
Unemployment and mental health (August 2009)
“Newness” and the risk of occupational injury (May 2009)
Workers' compensation and the business cycle (March 2009)