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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Preliminary provisions

13: Earnings of private domestic workers

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"How the ACC counts money earned by people who work in other people's homes"

If you work as a private domestic worker, the Corporation will treat the money you earn as if you were an employee. This means that the money you make from your job as a private domestic worker will be considered the same as the earnings of someone who works for a company or business.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

13Earnings of private domestic workers

  1. The Corporation must treat the earnings of a private domestic worker as earnings as an employee.

Notes
  • Section 13: substituted, on , by section 5 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45).