Employment Conditions and Health Inequalities Final Report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET) Joan Benach, Carles Muntaner, Vilma Santana (Chairs) Health Inequalities Research Group Occupational Health Research Unit Dept. Experimental Sciences and Health Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Social Equity and Health Section Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Employm ent Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET). Final Report, 20 September 2007 2 Employm ent Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET). Final Report, 20 September 2007 Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET) Joan Benach, Carles Muntaner, Vilma Santana (Chairs) Report Writing Group Marcelo Amable, Paula Ballell, Joan Benach, Antía Castedo, Haejoo Chung, Yucel Demiral, Gerry Eijkemans, Katherine Lippel, Carles Muntaner, Michael Quinlan, Javier Ramos, Vilma Santana, Atanu Sarkar, Orielle Solar EMCONET Core Group Francisco Armada, Joan Benach, Antía Castedo, Yucel Demiral, Chamberlain Diala, Magdalena Echevarría, Gerry Eijkemans, Sharon Friel, Anne Hammarström, Mary Haour-Knipe, Carles Muntaner, Shengli Niu, Marco A. Pérez, Michael Quinlan, Javier Ramos, Hernán Sandoval, Vilma Santana, Atanu Sarkar, Amit Sen Gupta, Meera Sethi, Orielle Solar, Walter Varillas, Laurent Vogel, Mariana Wagner EMCONET Participants Members who have contributed with case studies (see list below) General Editor Jacqueline Murray With Technical Assistance from Marcelo Amable, María Buxó, Alec Irwin, José Miguel Martínez, Vanessa Puig, Cecilia Schneider, Montserrat Vergara Organisational and Administrative Assistance Antía Castedo, Montse Fernández, Montse Vilà, Mariana Wagner 3 Employm ent Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET). Final Report, 20 September 2007 AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS Chairs Joan Benach (Chair). Health Inequalities Research Group, Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Carles Muntaner (co-Chair). Social Equity and Health Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Vilma Santana (co-Chair). Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Report Writing Group Marcelo Amable. Health Inequalities Research Group, Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Paula Ballell. Independent Consultant. Brussels, Belgium. Joan Benach. Health Inequalities Research Group, Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Antía Castedo. Health Inequalities Research Group, Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Haejoo Chung. Department of Health Policy and Management. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. MD, US Yucel Demiral. Dokuz Eylül. University School of Medicine, Department of Public Health. Izmir. Turkey. Gerry Eijkemans. Occupational Health Programme. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Katherine Lippel. Law Department, Université du Québec à Montréal, and Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section), University of Ottawa. Canada. Carles Muntaner. Social Equity and Health Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Michael Quinlan. School of Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour, University of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia. Javier Ramos. Global Progressive Forum. Brussels , Belgium. Vilma Santana. Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador Bahia, Brazil. Atanu Sarkar. Department of Policy Studies, TERI University. New Delhi, India. Orielle Solar. WHO Department of Equity, Poverty and Social Determinants of Health (EIP/EQH). Commission on Social Determinants of Health. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. EMCONET core group Francisco Armada. Escuela de Altos Estudios Arnaldo Gabaldón. Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud, Ministry of Health, Caracas, Venezuela. Joan Benach. Health Inequalities Research Group, Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Antía Castedo. Health Inequalities Research Group, Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Yucel Demiral. Dokuz Eylül. University School of Medicine, Department of Public Health. Izmir. Turkey. Chamberlain Diala. Abt Associates. Social Change Group of the Academy for Educational Development (AED), Washington D.C. USA. Magdalena Echevarría. Advisor Ministry of Labour, Santiago de Chile, Chile. Gerry Eijkemans. Occupational Health Programme. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Sharon Friel. Secretariat. Commission Social Determinants of Health. University College London, UK. Anne Hammarström. Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine. Umea University, Umea, Sweden. Mary Haour-Knipe. Independent Consultant, Geneva, Switzerland. 4 Employm ent Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET). Final Report, 20 September 2007 Carles Muntaner. Social Equity and Health Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shengli Niu. Occupational Safety and Health Branch. International Labour Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. Marco Perez, Ministry of Health, Technical Area of Workers’ Health, Brazil. Michael Quinlan. School of Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour, University of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia. Javier Ramos. Global Progressive Forum. Brussels, Belgium. Hernán Sandoval. Representative Commissioners, Commission Social Determinants of Health. Santiago Chile, Chile. Vilma Santana. Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Atanu Sarkar. Department of Policy Studies, TERI University. New Delhi, India. Amit Sen Gupta. People’s Health Movement. New Delhi, India Meera Sethi. Senior Regional Advisor for Sub-Saharan Africa. International Organization for Migrations. Geneva: Switzerland. Orielle Solar. WHO Department of Equity, Poverty and Social Determinants of Health (EIP/EQH). Commission on Social Determinants of Health. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Walter Varillas. Independent Consultant on Occupational Health and Local Development, and ISAT. Lima, Perú. Laurent Vogel. European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety, ETUI-REHS, Researcher, Brussels, Belgium. Mariana Wagner. Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador Bahia, Brazil. EMCONET participants Case studies Lucía Artazcoz. Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Mary Bauer. Immigrant Justice Project, The Southern Poverty Law Center. Montgomery, Alabama, USA Joan Benach. Health Inequalities Research Group, Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Fernando G. Benavides. Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. Carme Borrell. Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Barbara Briggs. National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights, New York, USA. Antía Castedo. Health Inequalities Research Group, Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Teresa Castellà. Gabinet Higia Salut i Treball (Higia Work and Health), Catalan CC.OO. Union, Lleida, Spain. Jean Marc Caudron. Oxfam-Magasins du Monde, Brussels, Belgium. Tarani Chandola. International Institute for Society and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK. Haejoo Chung. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. MD, US. Marlea Clarke. Labour Studies Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Joan Eakin. Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto. Ontario, Canada. Amanda Fortier. Journalists for Human Rights, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Jenny Head. International Institute for Society and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK. Charles Kernaghan. National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights, New York, USA. Denis Lambert. Oxfam-Magasins du Monde, Brussels, Belgium. Paul A. Landsbergis. Department of Community and Preventive Medicine. Mount Sinai School of Medicine. New York, US. Wayne Lewchuk. Labour Studies Program & Economics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Canada. 5 Employm ent Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET). Final Report, 20 September 2007 Clara Llorens. Union Institute of Work Environment and Health, ISTAS, Spanish CC.OO. Union, Barcelona, Spain. Dana Loomis. University of Nevada, Reno Nevada, USA. José Miguel Martínez. Health Inequalities Research Group, Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Maria Menéndez. Occupational Health Department,