Developing job quality benchmarks: Work related injuries and illnesses
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2014
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Parvazian, S.
Charlesworth, S.
King, D.
Skinner, N.
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This report uses detailed analysis of the National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey, 2012,to identify the incidence and causes of work-related injuries/illnesses for Personal Care Attendants(PCAs) and Community Care Workers (CCWs). These are the two main occupations in the aged care workforce, comprising 68 percent of those employed in direct care in residential facilities and81 percent of those employed in direct care in community outlets respectively (King et al, 2013).The analysis is used to provide Work Health and Safety benchmarks for PCAs and CCWs.
The Work Health and Safety benchmarks are examined by form of employment (casual and permanent), type of organisation (not for profit (NFP), government and for profit) and tenure(less than one year, one year or more) to account for different work conditions.
This report draws on both employee and facility reports of work-related injuries and illnesses for personal care attendants (PCAs) and community care workers (CCWs). It should be noted that the employee and facility reports refer to different time periods and are therefore not directly comparable.
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