Labor Market policies and social determinants of health
Hosted by: Dot Bonnenfant
The event will start on: May 06, 01:00pm EDT
And will end on: May 06, 02:00pm EDT
At Online
Posted by: animateur@chnet-works.ca
Available tickets:
- Unlimited "No ticket" tickets
Please note, per a request from the presenters, we are postponing this fireside chat to May 6th.
The conditions under which people work – not only the hazards they may be exposed to on the job, but also the incomes they earn, the benefits their employment provides, the extent to which they are secure in their jobs, and the degree to which they have individual and collective control over their work environment – are powerful social determinants of health.
Using a conceptual framework developed for the Employment Conditions Knowledge Network of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
(see http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/articles/emconet_who_report.pdf),
we will present results from an intensive literature review of how labour market policies that have been applied in other high income countries could reduce health inequity by improving working life in Ontario.
Some of the policies examined include: local "living wage ordinances" that specify the lowest wage governments and their suppliers are allowed to pay their workers; wage supplements for low-wage workers, provided either directly to employers or through the tax system; and the European recipe for "flexicurity" that tries to protect workers' incomes and future earning opportunities while permitting employers to respond to changes in demand for their products and services.
Advisors on Tap:
Carles Muntaner PhD MHS
Professor,
Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
& Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
University of Toronto
Ted Schrecker
Scientist and Associate Professor,
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine
University of Ottawa
Principal scientist, Institute of Population Health,
University of Ottawa
This initiative has been generously funded by a grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The views expressed [here] do not necessarily reflect those of the ministry.
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