Contact by ACC regarding payment concerns to Whanganui District Council

J Buckingham made this Official Information request to Accident Compensation Corporation

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From: J Buckingham

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

How many times have ACC staff contacted the Whanganui District Council payroll or human resources team to raise or resolve payment issues or concern raised by ACC clients under their accredited employer status in the last 24 months prior to 1 February 2023?

If possible I would like this information provided by:

- Total number of clients that have received ACC via the ERA held by Whanganui District Council from 1 February 2021 to 1 February 2023

- Number of total contacts (phone, email or letter) made to Whanganui District Council by ACC staff regarding payment concerns raised by clients

- Number of complaints per client if relevant

For clarity, this is not asking for any specific client information and is asking this contact to be quantified by numbers only and all data anonymised.

This OIA is in response to ACC confirming to me in my OIA request dated 22 July 2022 that they have no process for complaints against ERA employers incorrectly paying employees their ACC entitlements https://fyi.org.nz/request/19684-process...

Yours faithfully,

J Buckingham

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Accident Compensation Corporation

Kia ora

 

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Kia ora J Buckingham
Please find attached our response to your official information request
dated 14 February 2023. If you have any questions about the response you
can contact us at this [1]address, for all other matters please use our
contact form at: [2]https://www.acc.co.nz/contact/ alternati... give us a
call on 0800 101 996.
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Ngâ mihi

Sara Freitag (she/her)
Acting Manager | OIA Services

' 027 973 7330
* PO Box 242, Wellington 6011

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From: J Buckingham

Dear Government Services,

Thanks for the clarification, yes I did mean Whanganui District Council as an ERA.

I understand that client privacy is paramount however I do not feel that this applies to the question and would ask that this is reviewed. This would not identify any clients if the answer is quantified only i.e. number of contacts to the Whanganui District Council payroll regarding payments.

Number of total contacts (phone, email or letter) made to Whanganui District Council by ACC staff
regarding payment concerns

Yours sincerely,

J Buckingham

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From: J Buckingham

Dear Government Services,

Thanks for the clarification, yes I did mean Whanganui District Council as an ERA.

I understand that client privacy is paramount however I do not feel that this applies to the question and would ask that this is reviewed. This would not identify any clients if the answer is quantified only i.e. number of contacts to the Whanganui District Council payroll regarding payments.

Number of total contacts (phone, email or letter) made to Whanganui District Council by ACC staff
regarding payment concerns

Yours sincerely,

J Buckingham

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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation

Kia ora

 

Thank you for contacting ACC; this is an automatic reply to confirm we
have received your email.

 

We will try to respond your query as quickly as possible. However,
depending on the nature of your request you may not receive a response for
up to 20 working days. You can check the [1]Ombudsman OIA response
calculator to find when your request for official information will be due

 

In cases where ACC’s response provides information that is identified to
be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the
ACC’s website. If ACC publishes the response to your OIA request, all
personal information, including your name and contact details, will be
removed.

 

The information you have requested may involve documents which contains
the names of our staff. Please let us know whether you require these
names. We may need to consult our staff before deciding whether we can
release this information, and this may take a bit more time. If we do not
hear from you, we will assume that you do not require staff names.

 

Our [2]website provides up to date news and information about our work.
You can also follow us on [3]Facebook and [4]Twitter. Further information
about how to contact us is also available [5]here.

 

Ngâ mihi,

Government Engagement Team

 

Government Engagement, ACC

' 0800 101 996
* Box 242, Wellington 6011

[6]www.acc.co.nz

 

 

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attachments or disclose the contents to any other person."

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Kia ora

 

Thank you for contacting ACC; this is an automatic reply to confirm we
have received your email.

 

We will try to respond your query as quickly as possible. However,
depending on the nature of your request you may not receive a response for
up to 20 working days. You can check the [1]Ombudsman OIA response
calculator to find when your request for official information will be due

 

In cases where ACC’s response provides information that is identified to
be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the
ACC’s website. If ACC publishes the response to your OIA request, all
personal information, including your name and contact details, will be
removed.

 

The information you have requested may involve documents which contains
the names of our staff. Please let us know whether you require these
names. We may need to consult our staff before deciding whether we can
release this information, and this may take a bit more time. If we do not
hear from you, we will assume that you do not require staff names.

 

Our [2]website provides up to date news and information about our work.
You can also follow us on [3]Facebook and [4]Twitter. Further information
about how to contact us is also available [5]here.

 

Ngâ mihi,

Government Engagement Team

 

Government Engagement, ACC

' 0800 101 996
* Box 242, Wellington 6011

[6]www.acc.co.nz

 

 

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Accident Compensation Corporation

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From the claims that had received payments from the Whanganui District
Council under the ERA, there was one phone conversation between ACC and
the Whanganui District Council regarding payments. No complaints were
identified. 

Nga mihi

Sara Freitag (she/her)
Acting Manager | OIA Services

' 027 973 7330
* PO Box 242, Wellington 6011
ACC cares about the environment – please don’t print this email unless it
is really necessary. Thank you.
 
 
------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: J Buckingham <[FOI #21828 email]>;
Received: Tue Feb 28 2023 09:41:21 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: ACC <[ACC request email]>; Government Services
<[ACC request email]>; <[ACC request email]>;
Subject: Re: OIA Response, ref: GOV-023361 CRM:0217605

Dear Government Services,

Thanks for the clarification, yes I did mean Whanganui District Council as
an ERA.

I understand that client privacy is paramount however I do not feel that
this applies to the question and would ask that this is reviewed. This
would not identify any clients if the answer is quantified only i.e.
number of contacts to the Whanganui District Council payroll regarding
payments.

Number of total contacts (phone, email or letter) made to Whanganui
District Council by ACC staff
regarding payment concerns

Yours sincerely,

J Buckingham

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora J Buckingham
 Please find attached our response to your official information request
 dated 14 February 2023. If you have any questions about the response you
 can contact us at this [1]address, for all other matters please use our
 contact form
at: [2]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
give us a
 call on 0800 101 996.
 If you are having trouble viewing the PDF, please ensure you have the
 latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download this freeware please
 click [3]here. 
 Ngâ mihi

 Sara Freitag (she/her)
 Acting Manager | OIA Services

 ' 027 973 7330
 * PO Box 242, Wellington 6011

 ACC cares about the environment – please don’t print this email unless it
 is really necessary. Thank you.
  

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