Specialist
School of Public Health
Labor Occupational Health Program
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-5120
jsum@berkeley.edu
510-643-7593 Fax: 510-643-5698
Work and Health Initiative
Labor Occupational Health Program
Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
 
Creative Achievements
• Documented injured workers' experiences in the California workers' compensation system, providing the impetus for further policy and educational activities by California state agencies.
• Negotiated with many parties and stakeholders in the workers' compensation system over the content and design of educational materials that explain legal rights and procedures to injured workers.
 
Current Research Interests
• Workers' compensation
• Injured workers
• Legal systems and policy research
• Employment discrimination and job insecurity
• Focus groups
 
Key Publications
• Sum, J. (2006). How To Create a Workers' Compensation Carve-Out in California: Practical Advice for Unions and Employers [booklet]. Institute of Industrial Relations and Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California at Berkeley.
• Sum, J. (2005, February). Workers' Compensation in California: A Guidebook for Injured Workers (2nd ed.) and Compensación del Trabajador de California: Una Guía para los Trabajadores Lesionados (2nd ed.). Institute of Industrial Relations and Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California at Berkeley.
• Sum, J. (2002). Legal services available to injured workers in California. Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California at Berkeley.
• Sum, J., & Frank, J. (2001). Return-to-work in California: Listening to stakeholders' voices. Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California at Berkeley.
• Lee, P. T., & Sum, J. (2000). Collective Bargaining for Health and Safety: A Handbook for Unions. Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California at Berkeley.
• Sum, J. (1996). Navigating the California workers' compensation system: The injured worker's experience. Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California at Berkeley.