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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme - Work Account

178: Criteria for upward adjustment of levies

You could also call this:

"How ACC can raise fees for employers with more worker injuries than usual"

You need to know about how the Corporation can increase levies for employers who have a lot of work injuries. The Corporation can start a process to raise levies if they think an employer has more work injuries, or more serious work injuries, than other similar employers.

When deciding whether to start this process, the Corporation looks at several things. They check information about how many claims are usually made in that type of work. They also look at what kind of injuries are common and how bad they are. The Corporation considers if there are any trends in work injuries for that type of job.

For the specific employer, the Corporation looks at how many claims their workers have made, what types of injuries they've had, and how serious these injuries are. They check if there are any patterns, like the same workers getting hurt over and over, or the same types of injuries happening a lot.

The Corporation also thinks about any safety checks the employer has had before. They might even look at information from other countries that could be useful for New Zealand.

All of this helps the Corporation decide if they should try to increase the levies for an employer who seems to have more work injuries than usual.

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Part 6Management of the Scheme
Work Account

178Criteria for upward adjustment of levies

  1. The Corporation may seek to initiate the process in section 179 for the upward adjustment of levies for an employer if it is satisfied that the number and severity of work-related personal injuries occurring to employees of that employer are significantly greater than could reasonably be expected of a comparable employer of that type and size in that industry or risk class.

  2. Without limiting subsection (1), in deciding under that subsection whether or not to initiate the process in section 179, the Corporation must consider the following matters to the extent that they are relevant:

  3. information about average rates of claims in that industry or risk class:
    1. information about the nature and severity of injuries to employees in that industry or risk class:
      1. information about trends in relation to work-related personal injuries in that industry or risk class:
        1. the number, nature, and severity of claims for cover accepted for work-related personal injuries by employees of that employer:
          1. any trends or patterns in the work-related personal injuries suffered by employees of that employer, such as a repetition of claims by particular employees or types of employee, or a repetition of particular types of injury:
            1. any audit previously undertaken of the employer's safety management practices:
              1. any international information that is relevant to the New Zealand situation.