School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Am J Ind Med. 2012 Jun;55(6):506-18. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22023. Epub 2012 Feb 14.
This article introduces the idea of human rights to the topic of workers' compensation in the United States. It discusses what constitutes a human rights approach and explains how this approach conflicts with those policy ideas that have provided the foundation historically for workers' compensation in the United States.
Using legal and historical research, key international labor and human rights standards on employment injury benefits and influential writings in the development of the U.S. workers' compensation system are cited.
Workers' injury and illness compensation in the United States does not conform to basic international human rights norms.
A comprehensive review of the U.S. workers' compensation system under international human rights standards is needed. Examples of policy changes are highlighted that would begin the process of moving workers' compensation into conformity with human rights standards.
本文将人权理念引入美国工人赔偿议题。讨论了构成人权方法的内容，并解释了这种方法如何与那些历史上为美国工人赔偿提供基础的政策理念发生冲突。
利用法律和历史研究，引用了关键的国际劳工和人权标准关于就业伤害福利的标准，以及在美国工人赔偿制度发展过程中有影响力的著作。
美国的工人伤害和疾病赔偿不符合基本的国际人权规范。
需要根据国际人权标准对美国工人赔偿制度进行全面审查。强调了政策变革的例子，这将开始使工人赔偿符合人权标准的过程。
