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Saturday, 04 July 2009 08:21 |
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The Government is set to reintroduce lower ACC levies for firms with the best safety records, a move unions claim will see bosses cover up accidents.
But Business NZ said returning to a system where employers with the highest accident rates paid more would provide greater incentives for better health-and-safety measures.
ACC Minister Nick Smith said he wanted an upcoming review of the corporation to consider bringing back "experience rating" of the 1990s, which saw employers pay levies according to the number of accidents in their workplace.
Labour scrapped the system, returning to industry-based levies.
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 20:58 |
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ACC Minister Nick Smith today confirmed to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee that a bill he intends to introduce by the end of this year will cut ACC entitlements to workers, says Labour MP Darien Fenton.
Associate labour spokesperson Darien Fenton said she asked the Minister what changes he proposed in a bill that he said would “review unfunded scheme extensions.
“In his reply, the Minister indicated that some 18 entitlements enacted last year by Labour could be on the chopping block.
“This is very bad news for the 400,000 seasonal and casual workers whose long-term weekly compensation was changed last year so it is based on their seasonal earnings, rather than only on their recent earnings,” Darien Fenton said.
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