Workers’ compensation and economic incentives

Introduction

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" (American proverb) In occupational safety and health, prevention – the practice of stopping an unwanted event from happening – usually refers to measures taken in the workplace to keep workers healthy and safe. Accident insurance providers, public institutes or other OSH stakeholders frequently try to improve the effectiveness of such measures by offering strategic programmes, economic or other incentives, and practical support. Such steering approaches must be sensitive to the framework and circumstances set by the national workers’ compensation system (WCS).

Models of worker…