Vocational Rehabilitation and Long-Term Claims
A discussion of the challenges facing long term claimants under the current accident compensation scheme. The article advocates a client centred approach with improved retraining opportunities and better matching of claimant skills with labour market realities to achieve optimal outcomes for claimants.
By Hazel Armstrong
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CASES
External Links
- ACC – What support can I get?
- ACC futures
- ACC Read Codes
- Accident Compensation Act 2001 No 49 (as at 01 August 2011)
- Assessment of Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss for ACC
- Health Information Privacy Code 1994
- Increases to ACC client payments
- Ministry of Justice
- New Zealand Council of Trade Union ACC campaign page
- New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
- Non-treating doctors performing medical assessments of patients for third parties – standards of practice
- Parliamentary debates
- Payments for Mental Harm – Marcus Elliott
- Public Service Association privatisation campaign page
- Radio Live 'History of ACC' interview with Hazel Armstrong
- Statistics New Zealand Official Injury Information Plan 2010-2012
- Statutes of New Zealand
- Te Ara Encyclopedia – Workplace Safety and Compensation
- The University of Auckland ACC Group
- UK Health and Safety Executive- Hand Arm Vibration Exposure Calculator