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Year:
1999

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Volume:
3

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Article:
3
Safety Science Monitor
Introduction

Unpaid domestic work in and around the home is increasingly seen as being as important to society as paid employment. There are similarities between the tasks that are performed regardless of any remuneration involved. Domestic food preparation and clean-up, housework, gardening, building and car maintenance and home improvements all have parallels in the employed sector, and indeed many household tasks are being more commonly performed under a loose contractual arrangement by persons retained on a casual basis.

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Author

TIMOTHY DRISCOLL

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission GPO Box 58, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia

REBECCA MITCHELL

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission GPO Box 58, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia

BRYNLEY HULL

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission GPO Box 58, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia

JOHN MANDRYK

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission GPO Box 58, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia

SANDRA HEALEY

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission GPO Box 58, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia

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