SYMPOSIUM: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY: Introduction: New Zealand Occupational Health and Safety Legislation Viewed Against the World Scene

Abstract

Recent issues of this journal have contained articles dealing with safety and health issues in industrial relations (Benson, 1981; Hamilton and Penney, 1982; Beaumont and Leopold, 1982). These articles reflect an awareness of occupational safety and health issues which has been developing over the last decade; both in New Zealand and overseas. This development prompted the journal to advertise for papers for a symposium on occupational safety and health. The response was very great indeed. Of the papers offered, 6 were selected for publication. These papers provide an interesting mix of case studies, national surveys and international cotnparisons.