@article{Manglicmot_Cotton_Chen_Crawford_2021, title={Exploring factors contributing to young workers’ vulnerability to work-related harm}, volume={46}, url={https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/nzjer/article/view/66}, DOI={10.24135/nzjer.v46i2.66}, abstractNote={<p>New Zealand has experienced significant increases in youth employment rates in the last 20 years with 40 per cent of people employed part-time. This age group has been associated with the second-highest rate of injury claims.&nbsp; At the current time, there is limited information on why young workers in New Zealand are more vulnerable to work-related harm.&nbsp; This project aimed to explore this with a convenience sample of young workers using an online survey.&nbsp; Participants represented a diverse ethnic population but the sample was predominately female.&nbsp; In total, 32.7 per cent of respondents had received no occupational health and safety (OHS) training when starting work. Fifty-seven per cent of the sample thought that OHS was valued by their employer.&nbsp; Interestingly, 63 per cent of the sample said they would be confident about speaking up about an OHS issue with most being willing to speak to their manager.&nbsp; In relation to stress, the analysis identified that there was an association between feeling stressed and being unable to follow OHS protocols (p=0.05).&nbsp; While this was a small exploratory study, suggestions made to improve OHS include clear and open communication between workers and employers, improved access to OHS resources and continuous and in-depth training.</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations}, author={Manglicmot, Manfred and Cotton, Olivia and Chen, Sonia and Crawford, Joanne}, year={2021}, month={Dec.}, pages={52-63} }