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Hazel Armstrong
Implications of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
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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). Keep Reading
ACC Futures
ACC stocktake report out next week
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It appears the ACC stocktake report is finally about to come out, according to Colin James' column in today’s Dominion Post. Keep Reading
Psychotherapists welcome changes for survivors of sexual abuse
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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. Keep Reading
Hazel Armstrong
More private sector involvement into ACC
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The National government is introducing more private sector involvement into ACC, writes ACC Futures Coalition spokesperson Hazel Armstrong Keep Reading
ACC Futures
Sick note proposal has similar ring - to ACC motorcycle charges
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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 Keep Reading
ACC needs more staff a year after shedding 70 jobs
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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 Keep Reading
Privatisation behind ACC changes - union
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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 Keep Reading
Maori health workers against sensitive claims pathways
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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. Keep Reading