The Human Rights Commission has accepted NFD's combined cases submission that the ACC 6 percent injury threshold and age deduction scale are discriminatory on the grounds of age and disability. Read the media release here and the Dominion Post article dated 18 July with the Ministerial response here
The ACC (Accident Compensation Corporation) is denying support to people with noise damaged hearing if the person's total hearing loss is less than 6% with its enactment of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010.
You can read all about the work NFD is doing in opposition to the threshold here.
There is a national tragedy unfolding in our elderly population, and in an effort to address it, National Grey Power and NFD have combined forces in opposition to the 6% disability threshold and up to 12.5% aged threshold that ACC has introduced. Read the media release and download the fact sheet.
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