Review of ACC Cover
The Department of Labour is to review the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (IPRC) Act 2001, to consider whether the existing cover provisions for people with work-related gradual process, disease or infection are adequate. Work on the review is to start immediately.
An independent Ministerial Advisory Panel has recommended substantial changes to the ACC scheme, to include cover for all people whose work injury or illness manifests over time. The panel considered that cover for gradual process injuries or disease is currently too limited, and the requirement for claimants to prove work causation was too onerous.
Cabinet has approved a preliminary work programme, to determine whether further work is required in this area. As part of that programme, the Department of Labour has two pieces of work to do:
- a review of legislative cover, to determine the current extent of cover for work-related gradual process, disease, or infection under the legislation as it currently stands; and
- a literature review of how work-related gradual process, disease, or infection is managed by other jurisdictions.
On completion, the Department will report back to Cabinet with its recommendations for further work.
A copy of the Ministerial Advisory Panel's report is available on http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz/publications/research/gradual-disease0605/index.shtml |
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