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Short Trips and Long Days: Safety and Health in Short-Haul Trucking

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  • Ann Williamson
  • Philip Bohle
  • Michael Quinlan
  • David Kennedy

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This paper looks at the role and influence of contingent employment among short-haul truckers, an occupational group that has been little studied to date. A 2003 survey of Australian short-haul drivers examined the predictors of health and safety outcomes for all drivers and provided comparative information on the working hours, occupational safety and health, and work-life conflict of permanent employees, temporary (casual) employees, and owner-drivers. The main predictor of both illness and injury for all drivers was work-life conflict. The results show that contingent work is characteristic of short-haul trucking in Australia, especially among owner-drivers and casual employees. Contingent-work drivers differ from other drivers on a range of organizational characteristics, but not on safety and health outcomes. Contingent employment can take different forms, each of which is associated with a somewhat different set of effects on workers.

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  • Ann Williamson & Philip Bohle & Michael Quinlan & David Kennedy, 2009. "Short Trips and Long Days: Safety and Health in Short-Haul Trucking," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 62(3), pages 415-429, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:62:y:2009:i:3:p:415-429
    DOI: 10.1177/001979390906200309
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