Dennis M. Race -- Worker Notification: Viewpoint of the Employer

American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Volume 23 Issue 1, Pages 33 - 36

Worker notification: Viewpoint of the employer

Dennis M. Race, JD
Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, DC
Correspondence to Dennis M. Race, Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., 1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036

KEYWORDS

employee notification • labor-management relations • worker notification • risk communication

ABSTRACT

Prior to notifying workers of risk exposure, employers should first consider and weigh the psychological, physiological, and social costs as well as the potential negative impact on labor-management relations, community resources, and the costs of false negatives and false positives. Only if the contributions of notification override and outweigh the composite costs should employers feel compelled to notify workers. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.