Return-to-Work in a Language Barrier Context : Comparing Quebec’s and Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Policies and Practices
The question of how workers’ compensation systems should account for language barriers is of increasing importance given Canada’s growing linguistic diversity. This study is the first to empirically examine, based on interviews with injured workers and key informants, return-to-work policies and pra...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST)
2021-04-01
|
| Series: | Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/7144 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1841551620454744064 |
|---|---|
| author | Stephanie Premji Momtaz Begum Alex Medley Ellen MacEachen Daniel Côté Ron Saunders |
| author_facet | Stephanie Premji Momtaz Begum Alex Medley Ellen MacEachen Daniel Côté Ron Saunders |
| author_sort | Stephanie Premji |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The question of how workers’ compensation systems should account for language barriers is of increasing importance given Canada’s growing linguistic diversity. This study is the first to empirically examine, based on interviews with injured workers and key informants, return-to-work policies and practices through the lens of language barriers. By comparing two jurisdictions, Quebec and Ontario, the study highlights similarities and differences in language accommodation and return-to-work policies and practices that shape the experiences of injured workers with language needs. It argues that gaps in this regard, which are more pronounced in Quebec, contribute to poor return-to-work outcomes for these workers in both provinces. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-dc26b3cd91004105a10cfc78bd1076be |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1481-9384 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021-04-01 |
| publisher | Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé |
| spelling | doaj-art-dc26b3cd91004105a10cfc78bd1076be2025-01-09T16:01:07ZengInstitut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST)Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé1481-93842021-04-0123110.4000/pistes.7144Return-to-Work in a Language Barrier Context : Comparing Quebec’s and Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Policies and PracticesStephanie PremjiMomtaz BegumAlex MedleyEllen MacEachenDaniel CôtéRon SaundersThe question of how workers’ compensation systems should account for language barriers is of increasing importance given Canada’s growing linguistic diversity. This study is the first to empirically examine, based on interviews with injured workers and key informants, return-to-work policies and practices through the lens of language barriers. By comparing two jurisdictions, Quebec and Ontario, the study highlights similarities and differences in language accommodation and return-to-work policies and practices that shape the experiences of injured workers with language needs. It argues that gaps in this regard, which are more pronounced in Quebec, contribute to poor return-to-work outcomes for these workers in both provinces.https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/7144workers’ compensationinjured workerslanguagereturn-to-workpolicies and practices |
| spellingShingle | Stephanie Premji Momtaz Begum Alex Medley Ellen MacEachen Daniel Côté Ron Saunders Return-to-Work in a Language Barrier Context : Comparing Quebec’s and Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Policies and Practices Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé workers’ compensation injured workers language return-to-work policies and practices |
| title | Return-to-Work in a Language Barrier Context : Comparing Quebec’s and Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Policies and Practices |
| title_full | Return-to-Work in a Language Barrier Context : Comparing Quebec’s and Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Policies and Practices |
| title_fullStr | Return-to-Work in a Language Barrier Context : Comparing Quebec’s and Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Policies and Practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Return-to-Work in a Language Barrier Context : Comparing Quebec’s and Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Policies and Practices |
| title_short | Return-to-Work in a Language Barrier Context : Comparing Quebec’s and Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Policies and Practices |
| title_sort | return to work in a language barrier context comparing quebec s and ontario s workers compensation policies and practices |
| topic | workers’ compensation injured workers language return-to-work policies and practices |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/7144 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT stephaniepremji returntoworkinalanguagebarriercontextcomparingquebecsandontariosworkerscompensationpoliciesandpractices AT momtazbegum returntoworkinalanguagebarriercontextcomparingquebecsandontariosworkerscompensationpoliciesandpractices AT alexmedley returntoworkinalanguagebarriercontextcomparingquebecsandontariosworkerscompensationpoliciesandpractices AT ellenmaceachen returntoworkinalanguagebarriercontextcomparingquebecsandontariosworkerscompensationpoliciesandpractices AT danielcote returntoworkinalanguagebarriercontextcomparingquebecsandontariosworkerscompensationpoliciesandpractices AT ronsaunders returntoworkinalanguagebarriercontextcomparingquebecsandontariosworkerscompensationpoliciesandpractices |