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Name | Labour |
|---|---|
| Video Policy | |
| Goal or Vision | Labour is firmly committed to keeping ACC in public ownership and we will continue to improve it. ACC belongs to New Zealanders and every Kiwi is a shareholder. |
| Policy Principles | |
| Principle 1 | ACC – Everybody is Covered |
| Principle 2 | Retaining ACC in Public Hands - Keeping it Kiwi |
| Principle 3 | Ensuring New Zealanders pay fair and reasonable levies |
| Principle 4 | Extending and Improving ACC |
| Principle 5 | Injury Prevention |
| Policy Details | |
| Detail 1 | Labour will continue to maintain ACC as a publicly administered and delivered social insurance scheme which focuses on injury prevention, along with fair and effective treatment and rehabilitation. |
| Detail 2 | Labour will introduce an immediate law change to extend the 2014 fully funded target to 2019 for the Residual Claims accounts to reduce pressure on New Zealanders’ levy payments. |
| Detail 3 | Labour will review ACC’s coverage of work-related pain disorders. |
| Detail 4 | Labour will ensure ACC reduces the time taken to make a decision about Earnings Related Compensation in marginal cases. |
| Detail 5 | Labour will improve the Accredited Employers' Scheme to ensure it is fairer for injured workers in light of Council of Trade Unions and Business NZ recommendations. |
| Detail 6 | Labour will complete the implementation of the non-fiscal recommendations of the Goddard Report on Physiotherapists and move towards an agreed sustainable funding model for the future. |
| Detail 7 | Labour will build on the success of the New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy to ensure ACC has a leadership and coordinating role in its implementation and will work to improve further New Zealand’s injury prevention record. |
| Detail 8 | Labour will strengthen workplace injury prevention initiatives through industry taskforces to increase the skill levels and number of trained Health and Safety Representatives (currently 20,000). |
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