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Britain is no longer a nation of shopkeepers, but it is divided by the work we do

Workplace Insight

including animal welfare officers, zookeepers and vet assistants). There’s also a high concentration (at least twice the UK average) of newspaper and periodical editors, managers in transport and distribution, production and process engineers, and events managers and organisers. times the UK average.

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Over time, savings may be depleted, debts incurred, and their health and welfare diminished—furthering the burden of their original work-related injuries. Most versions include goods and services such as transportation, education, recreation, communications, and medical care.

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Are workers’ compensation laws keeping up with changing demographics?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety are not keeping pace. One key consequence of changing demographics in Canada, the US, and Australia is the increasing number of older workers in the overall population and the work force. average) and a quarter of females (25.7% in 2001 to 15% in 2021) in the last two decades.