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Implications of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
Professor Jane Kelsey has produced a briefing on the implications of the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (a free trade agreement involving a number of Pacific and Asian countries, including the United States) for our public health system).
hearing
20,000 speak up over changes for hearing impaired
Nearly 20,000 people have written to the ACC Minister opposing proposed regulations that would deny rehabilitation to those with hearing injuries.
Concern over hearing changes
ACC cuts would result in people with workplace hearing loss not getting treatment for their injuries, Age Concern says. ACC is proposing changes in which they would no longer cover the full cost of a hearing aid needed by someone who has lost their hearin
Motorcycle levies
Sick note proposal has similar ring - to ACC motorcycle charges
Author: ACC Futures
Category: Motorcycle levies
Created: 09:29 AM, Tuesday 10 August, 2010
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ACC Futures Coalition member the CTU says the current employment law proposals regarding medical certificates may not be genuine - and has likened it to the government's approach on ACC levies for motorcyclists
news stories
Christchurch earthquake victims: Payments for mental trauma
In October 2008, the ACC law was changed to allow workers, who are traumatised at work because he or she directly experiences an event – such as an earthquake or a robbery, to apply to ACC for compensation.
ACC needs more staff a year after shedding 70 jobs
ACC has admitted it will need more staff to cope with levy changes, just a year after announcing up to 70 jobs were being shed. Changes announced yesterday will see workplaces with good safety records rewarded with a big drop in levies and workplaces with
Privatisation behind ACC changes - union
Unions are warning that workers will be bullied into not seeking treatment for accidents, if the Government introduces a rating system for employers' Accident Compensation Corporation levies. Under the proposal, employers can qualify for a cut of up to 50
privatisation
ACC stocktake report out next week
It appears the ACC stocktake report is finally about to come out, according to Colin James' column in today’s Dominion Post.
More private sector involvement into ACC
Author: Hazel Armstrong
Category: privatisation
Created: 09:20 AM, Tuesday 31 August, 2010
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The National government is introducing more private sector involvement into ACC, writes ACC Futures Coalition spokesperson Hazel Armstrong
sensitive claims
Psychotherapists welcome changes for survivors of sexual abuse
Author: ACC Futures
Category: sensitive claims
Created: 11:14 AM, Thursday 16 September, 2010
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ACC Futures Coalition member the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists has welcomed the Independent Review Panel´s report into the ACC´s failed new clinical pathway.
Maori health workers against sensitive claims pathways
The concerns of Maori health workers who are against the changes to ACC's sensitive claims pathways have been heard by an independent review committee.