Employer Bulletin | 30 September
Injury statistics for work-related claims give information about claims accepted by ACC for work-related injuries.
- A total of 226,600 work-related injury claims were made in 2023 (up 1,200 from 2022).
- The incidence rate for claims related to work-related injuries was 86 claims per 1,000 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) in 2023. This is the lowest rate since the start of the series in 2002.
- The manufacturing; agriculture, forestry, and fishing; and construction industries had the highest incidence rates of work-related injury claims in 2023.
- Trades workers had the highest number of claims by occupation in 2023, with 39,000 claims.
This release contains provisional statistics for work-related claims for injuries in the 2023 calendar year. It also includes final statistics for work-related claims for injuries in the 2022 calendar year, which are updated from last year’s published 2022 provisional data.
In today’s Bulletin:
- Authority confirms contractor status
- Employee justifiably dismissed for failing to follow training and policy
- Employee recovers premiums paid for employment
- Employee dismissed by text message
- Eight news updates of interest for employers including: Tougher sentences on the horizon for criminals; First of its kind trilateral trade meeting held to celebrate Pacific partnership; Racing Integrity Board appointments; Overseas merchandise trade: August 2024; Injury statistics – work-related claims: 2023; Milestone for return of petroleum exploration; Child-care centre guidance on Police vetting for workers; and Northland transmission tower collapse report released
- Ten bills open for submission
If you have any questions, about this case or other employment relation matters, call the Advice Line team on 0800 800 362.