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Protection of Health and Safety at the Workplace

A Comparative Legal Study of the European Union and China

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Authors:
  1. Kai Liu

    1. Law School, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China

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  • Offers essential insights into various approaches to protecting the health and safety of workers at the workplace
  • Addresses key questions like: what are the similarities and differences in the main principles, the nature of the legislation, the roles of the various actors involved, and the enforcement of EU and Chinese occupational health and safety law?
  • Presents a comparative and critical analysis of the similarities and differences in approaches to protecting the health and safety of workers at the workplace

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-13

  3. China’s Legislative System

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    Pages 15-33

  4. The Chinese Enforcement System

    • Kai Liu
    Pages 35-59

  5. EU Law on Health and Safety

    • Kai Liu
    Pages 61-81

  6. The Netherlands

    • Kai Liu
    Pages 83-107

  7. The United Kingdom

    • Kai Liu
    Pages 109-136

  8. Sweden

    • Kai Liu
    Pages 137-165

  9. Comparison

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    Pages 167-207

  10. Conclusion

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    Pages 209-216

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 217-227
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About this book

This book investigates four core characteristics of occupational health and safety legal systems in order to provide a comparative and critical analysis of the similarities and differences in protecting the health and safety of workers at the workplace. In addition to analysing the health and safety regulations, the book addresses corresponding oversight and enforcement mechanisms. It compares and contrasts five different legal systems, namely those of the EU, the Netherlands, the UK, Sweden and China. Beyond offering an overview of the modes of OHS regulation, instruments and legal enforcement practices, the book helps to answer the question of how to improve working environments in order to protect workers from all kinds of dangers encountered at the workplace. The intended readership includes researchers with a background in labour law, comparative law, Chinese law and/or European Union law.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Law School, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China

    Kai Liu

About the author

Kai Liu, PhD in Law (Utrecht University, the Netherlands), is an Associate Professor at the Law School of Jiangsu Normal University, China. His research chiefly focuses on health law, occupational health and safety law, labour law and social law. Before studying in the Netherlands, Kai obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Law and a Master’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health Law in China. He subsequently pursued his Ph.D. at Utrecht University, under the co-supervision of Prof Frans Pennings and Prof Teun Jasper, and completed his degree in December 2017. Dr Kai Liu has been a contributor to United Nation’s LEGOSH database (Global Database On National Occupational Safety And Health Legislation) since September 2015. He has been a Visiting Scholar to Lund University, Sweden and to the School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Protection of Health and Safety at the Workplace

  • Book Subtitle: A Comparative Legal Study of the European Union and China

  • Authors: Kai Liu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6450-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6449-9Published: 04 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6452-9Published: 05 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6450-5Published: 03 August 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 227

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Labour Law/Social Law

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