Cancer cause. In the courts, it is relatively easy to evade work cancer justice
Article
2015
130
6-7
cancer ; compensation of occupational diseases ; employers liability ; occupational disease ; occupation disease relation ; trade union document
Occupational diseases
English
"Your cancer may be 100 per cent caused by your job, but a dodgy numbers game played by industry and the courts means in most cases your employer will not bear the cost. Hazards challenges a system that means when it comes to compensation, most cancers don't count."
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