Title

Pay at Risk: Compensation and Employment Risk in the United States and Canada

Year

2001

Abstract

The contributors to this book investigate the compensation and employment risks for U.S. and Canadian workers. They examine both wage and nonwage aspects of compensation, and whether workers in the U.S. or Canada face more job-related risks. They also seek to identify trends in risk bearing and whether they differ by country.

Contents

  1. Introduction / John A. Turner
  2. Wage and Job Risk for Workers / John A. Turner
  3. Risk in Employment Arrangements / Sophie M. Korczyk
  4. Health and Coverage at Risk / Robert B. Friedland, Laura Summer, Sophie M. Korczyk, and Douglas E. Hyatt
  5. Risk Sharing through Social Security Retirement Income Systems / John A. Turner
  6. Risk Bearing in Individual and Occupational Pension Plans / James E. Pesando and John A. Turner
  7. Risk Shifting in Workers' Compensation / Douglas E. Hyatt

ISBN

9780880992220 (cloth) ; 9780880992213 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Job security; Job stability; Retirement and pensions; Pensions; Health insurance; Nonstandard work arrangements; Wages and benefits; UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and POVERTY; Unemployment insurance