Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers: Canada
Subtitle: Opportunities for Collaboration
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9789264090422
Subjects: Employment (Economic theory); Social Issues/Migration/Health
Description: Sickness and disability policy reform has been a priority for OECD countries wanting to improve employment and social outcomes in this domain. The recent recession and corresponding fall in labour demand is expected to hit marginalised workers, including workers with health problems or disability, harder than the broader working-age population. There is a pressing need for policy makers to address the recent "medicalisation" of labour market problems, a phenomenon that appears to underlie much of the difficulties countries find in disability policy making. This report is an assessment of the Canadian situation, albeit through the lens of the federal government and the provinces of Québec, British Columbia and Manitoba. It looks at the current state of play following a decade of various reforms and preceding a period where further revisions are likely.
Table of contents: title: Executive Summary; title: Setting the Scene; title: Key Issues and Challenges; title: Summary and Recommendations; title: Annex. Major Reforms in Federal Policies for Persons with Disabilities (since 1980); title: Acronyms; title: Bibliography.