Human Resource Management (HRMT) 323
Workers' Compensation in Canada (Revision 1)
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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online.
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Applied Studies
(Business and Administrative Studies)
Prerequisite: None. IDRL 312 or HRMT 386 is recommended.
Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies
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Overview
Workers’ compensation systems are the way Canada chooses to compensate workers for the effects of work-related injuries. This course describes and analyzes the way workers' compensation systems compensate, provide benefits, and, where possible, ‘make whole’ workers who have been injured or diseased as a consequence of their work. The course will also critically examine some of the major challenges WCBs face today, almost a hundred years after they were born.
Outline
Unit 1: Development of Workers’ Compensation
Unit 2: Workplace Injury: Recognition and Response
Unit 3: Worker Benefits
Unit 4: Funding Workers’ Compensation
Unit 5: Appeals
Unit 6: Contemporary Issues in Workers’ Compensation
Unit 7: Conclusions
Evaluation
To receive credit for HRMT 323, you must complete four assignments and write a final examination. Your final grade is determined by a weighted average of the grades you receive on these activities. To receive credit for this course, you must achieve a minimum grade of “D” 50 percent on the final examination and an overall grade of “D” (50 percent) or better for the entire course. The weightings for each assignment and the final exam are as follows:
| Assign. 1 | Assign. 2 | Assign. 3 | Assign 4 | Final Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15% | 15% | 10% | 20% | 40% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbooks
Gunderson, M., & Hyatt, D. (Eds.) (2000). Workers’ compensation: Foundations for reform. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Sullivan, T. (Ed.) (2000). Injury and the new world of work. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Other Materials
The course materials includes a study guide.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 1, November 28, 2008.
Last updated by SAS 09/10/2013 11:52:40
