01 December 2022
Anthony Jordan
[FYI request #21091 email]
Kia ora Anthony
Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-021875
Thank you for your request of 10 November 2022, asking for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. Amount of claimants granted loss of potential earnings during the Covid-19 lockdowns whether
Nationwide or Provincial etc lockdowns
2. How many of those claims received 80% of the earnings based on the government assistance wage
package
3. How many of those claims received 80% of the earnings based on their usual employee wage or
salary package
4. The ACC Policy used for granting Loss of Potential earnings during the Covid-19 Lockdowns for those
receiving only a government-assisted 'benefit' who would otherwise have received their full wage or
Note wel :If the Policy varied for wage earners and salary, please provide both policies respectively
The data requested is attached
We have interpreted your request as referring to claims that received their first Loss of Potential Earning
payment (LOPE) during Level 4 COVID lockdowns in New Zealand. Please refer to the ‘Notes’ tab when
interpreting the data provided.
To limit the potential for individuals, or matters specific to certain individuals, from being identified,
some
of the values in the tables only indicate the claims count is fewer than 4 (denoted as <4). This decision has
been made under section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of our clients. In doing so, we have
considered the public interest in making the information available and have determined that it does not
outweigh the need to protect our clients’ privacy.
LOPE payments are based on 80% of the minimum wage
As such, there were no claims that received 80% of the government assistance wage package or their usual
employee wage.
There were no specific policies used to determine LOPE payments during COVID-19 lockdowns
Therefore, we are refusing this part of your request as the information does not exist. This decision has
been made under section 18(e) of the Act.
If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch
You can email me at
[email address]. You can also complain to the Ombudsman via
[email address] or by phoning 0800 802 602. Information about how to make a complaint
is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Ngā mihi
Sara Freitag
Acting Manager Official Information Act Services
Government Engagement
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