Research Catalog

Title

Compensation systems for injury and disease : the policy choices / Terence G. Ison.

Author

Ison, Terence G. (Terence George)

Publication

Toronto : Butterworths ; Carlsbad, Calif. : Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1994.

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Description

x, 280 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Workers' compensation > Canada
• Workers' compensation > Law and legislation > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Chapter 1 : Introduction -- Chapter 2 : Etiological classifications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The problems of feasability -- 3. Feasibility in disease cases -- 4. Moral issues -- (1) The distinction between injury and disease -- (2) Sex discrimination -- (3) Moral issues in adjudication -- 5. Consequences of using etiological classifications -- 6. Rationales for etiological classifications -- Chapter 3 : Benefit structures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Establishing the level of earnings -- 3. Establishing the compensation rate -- 4. Ceilings on benefits and contributions -- 5. Temporary disabilities -- 6. Future care -- 7. Lump sums -- 8. Periodic payments for permanent disability -- (1) Introduction -- (2) Periodic payments to reflect actual loss of earnings -- (3) Pensions -- (4) Hybrids or semi-pensions -- 9. Commutations -- Chapter 4 : Health and safety -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tort liability -- 3. Hazard information -- 4. Statistics -- 5. Experience rating -- (1) Employment --^
• (2) Motor Vehicles -- (3) Medical practice -- 6. Penalty assessments -- 7. Special assessments -- 8. Penalty levies -- 9. Preventive rehabilitation -- 10. A token of safety audit -- 11. A real safety Audit -- Chapter 5 : The therapeutic significance of compensation structures -- 1. General significance -- (1) Introduction -- (2) Diagnosis and opinions on etiology -- (3) Treatment -- 2. Legal system etiology in non-organic disablement -- (1) Introduction -- (2) Dubious attribution of monetary gain -- (3) Exaggerated estimates of monetary gain -- (4) Significance of the assumption that monetary gain is widespread -- (5) Multiplication of physicians -- (6) Delay -- (7) Decentralization -- (8) Adversary process -- (9) Lawyers -- 3. Welfare -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 6 : Rehabilitation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Clinical rehabilitation -- 3. Goals -- 4. Models of rehabilitation -- (1) A genuine rehabilitation service -- (2) Benefit control model -- 5. Vocational rehabilitation --^
• 6. "Rights" to continuing employment -- 7. Social rehabilitation -- 8. The compensation connection -- 9. Quality control and the measurement of success -- 10. Legal impediments to rehabilitation -- 11. Adjudication -- 12. Human rights (Anti-discrimination) legislation -- 13. Quota systems -- 14. Employment equity -- 15. The removal of barriers -- 16. Facilitative legislation -- 17. Other measures -- 18. Conclusions -- Chapter 7 : Tort Liability -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Compensation -- (1) Cause and fault -- (2) Perimeters of the coverage -- (3) Assessment of damages -- (4) Cost and waste -- (5) Lack of design -- (6) Blended systems -- (7) Collateral benefits -- (8) Failure to protect the public interest -- (9) Advantages of tort liability -- 3. Therapeutic effects -- 4. Rehabilitation -- 5. Health and safety -- 6. The abolition of tort liability
• Chapter 8 : A comprehensive plan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The problems of current systems -- (1) The human need -- (2) Collateral damage -- (3) Contemporary developments -- 3. The plan -- (1) Introduction -- (2) The label -- (3) Universality -- (4) The merger of existing systems -- (5) The fund -- (6) The benefits in disability cases -- (7) Benefits in fatal cases -- (8) Indexing -- (9) Administration and adjudication -- (10) Inter-jurisdictional provisions -- (11) Congenital disabilities -- (12) Pregnancy -- (13) Transitional provisions -- 4. Concerns about a comprehensive plan, and about present systems -- (1) Benefit levels and aggregate costs -- (2) Cost distribution -- (3) Health and safety -- (4) Rehabilitation -- (5) Relationship with natural aging -- 5. The system perimeters -- 6. The political scene -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter 9 : Organization, administation and adjudication -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Commissioners or directors -- 3. An alternative model --^
• 4. The medical profession -- 5. The initiation of claims -- 6. Primary adjudication -- 7. Access of the claimant to the file -- 8. Acces to claims files by employers -- 9. Reasons for decisions -- 10. Reconsideration -- 11. Appeals -- (1) Advantages of an external appellate body -- (2) Advantages of an internal appellate body -- (3) A possible optimum -- (4) A broader based external tribunal -- (5) Appeals to courts -- (6) Appeals to a "corporate board" -- 12. Medical issues -- 13. Adjudicative manuals -- 14. Abuse -- (1) By claimants -- (2) By employers -- (3) By defendants -- (4) By service providers -- (5) By system administrators -- (6) By Lawyers -- (7) By politicians -- 15. Budgeting -- 16. Success measurement -- 17. Political interference -- 18. Judicial review -- 19. Technology -- 20. Ombudsman -- 21. Quality control -- 22. Policy and planning -- 23. Publications -- Chapter 10 : Revenue and finance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Funding -- (1) Introduction -- (2) History --^
• (3) Rationale -- (4) Feasibility -- (5) Advantages of funding -- (6) Cost-efficiency -- (7) Other disadvantages of funding -- (8) Disadvantages of current cost financing -- (9) Conclusion -- 3. Classification or flat rate -- 4. Experience rating -- (1) Introduction -- (2) Claims control -- (3) Influence on health and safety -- (4) Therapeutic significance -- (5) Influence on rehabilitation -- (6) Equity among employers -- (7) Influence on perceptions of the coverage -- (8) Influence on costs -- (9) Success measurement -- (10) Conclusions -- 5. Investments -- Chapter 11 : Disability insurance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Irrelevant problems -- (1) Problems common to both -- (2) Resolvable problems -- 3. The market -- 4. Other markets -- 5. Partial disability -- 6. Therapy and justice -- 7. Health and safety -- 8. Rehabilitation -- 9. Indexing -- Chapter 12 : The political scene -- 1. History -- 2. Interest groups -- (1) Introduction -- (2) The insurance industry --^
• (3) The legal profession -- (4) System administrators -- (5) Organizations of disabled people -- (6) Trades unions -- (7) Major Corporations -- (8) The media -- (9) Others -- 3. Gradualism -- 4. Constitutional problems -- 5. Comtemporary problems -- 6. Methods of system change -- (1) The decisions on change -- (2) The departmental context -- Index

ISBN

0409907197 :

LCCN

cn^94930739^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library