From 1 April 2017, ACC are to discontinue their Workplace Safety Management Practice (WSMP), Workplace Safety Discount (WSD) and other workplace incentive products. ACC’s future focus will be on developing a new approach to helping New Zealand businesses create healthy and safe workplaces.
Why are they discontinuing WSMP and WSD?
The health and safety landscape has changed, with the new Health and Safety at Work Act and changes to ACC legislation. ACC’s review of incentive products found that they don’t significantly reduce injuries and injury claims. WSMP and WSD are over 16 and 10 years old respectively and is not delivering the results intended. They are administratively burdensome, inflexible and not tailored to businesses.
ACC understand that it is important that good health and safety performance is recognised through the levies that businesses pay, and are working on better ways to do that. They want to make some changes to how we encourage businesses to invest in health and safety improvements.
You can be involved in helping develop new approaches
ACC are going to work with businesses to create tailored and cost-effective options that support workplace safety, and will be seeking to engage with customers in the coming months as they design and test new interventions.
You can find out more and let them know what you think at www.shapeyouracc.co.nz/saferworkplaces
