The occupational disease prevention and control act of the people's Republic of China: an awareness assessment among workers at foreign-invested enterprises
Yongming, Shou ; Rongzhu, Lu ; Jie, Lin ; Yan, Xu ; Zhu, Yiliang ; Schweigert, Michael
2011
21
1
103-116
employers liability ; foreign investment ; labour law ; occupational disease ; survey ; workers information
Occupational diseases
https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/NEW
English
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"The Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Act (ODPC-Act) of the People's Republic of China came into effect on May 1, 2002. Given the scope of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in China and an unabated increasing trend of foreign investment, compliance with the ODPC-Act among FIEs is of particular interest, yet little is known. The extent to which an employer educates its workforce to understand the ODPC-Act may be a measure of an employer's compliance. Based on a 25-item questionnaire survey, we found that among 166 workers from three FIEs in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, the majority had little knowledge regarding the ODPC-Act; many were unaware of their rights granted under the ODPC-Act. They were also unable to recognize employers' potential violations of the ODPC-Act. Improving FIE workers' awareness of the ODPC-Act is desirable. "
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