13 September 2024

John Voss
[FYI request #28080 email]

Kia ora John

Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-034577
Thank you for your request of 17 August 2024, asking for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):

1.  The total number of staff employed by ACC.
2.  The percentage of staff who identify as male, female, do not wish to share, or other.
3.  The number of different ethnicities represented in the staff.
4.  The percentage of Māori, Pasifika, Asian, NZ European, other European, and other ethnicity staff.
5.  The percentage of staff with a disability, long-term illness or health condition.
6.  What affirmative action programs are in place to ensure a diverse staff?

Data about staff diversity
The fol owing data is correct as of 31 July 2024:
Total Staff
4,576

Gender
Gender was disclosed by 95.5 percent of staff. Of those, 30 percent are male, 69.6 percent are female, and
0.4 percent are another gender.

Number of Ethnicities/breakdown
Ethnicity was disclosed by 86.5 percent of employees. Of those, ACC have 143 different ethnicities
represented.

Of the 86.5 percent of staff that disclosed their ethnicity, 17.1 percent are Asian, 60.7 percent European,
13.1 percent Māori, 1.5 percent MELAA, 11 percent Other and 6.6 percent Pacific peoples. Please note that
as staff can enter multiple ethnicities, these categories collectively exceed 100 percent.

Disability
Only 60 percent of employees have disclosed whether they have a disability or not. Of those, 12 percent
said they did have a disability.

Affirmative Action Programs
ACC has many initiatives in place to offer support to a diverse workforce. Our employee networks are used
to offer staff community support and col aboration. These include:

•  Te Whānau āhei ki ACC | Ability @ ACC: To ensure disabled people are safe, included and valued,
personally and professionally at ACC NZ.
•  Te Whānua Uenuku ki ACC | Pride @ ACC: To ensure LGBTQIA+ people are safe, visible and valued
by ACC.

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•  Te Aka Wāhine | Women’s Network: To support the development, advancement and engagement
of a gender-balanced workforce, encourage equality for all and enable women to achieve their
personal and professional goals.
•  Te Tira Mārama | Cross-Cultural Network: To ensure people and their cultures are recognised,
respected and celebrated at ACC.
•  Wairua o te Hinengaro | The Mind Network: To ensure people impacted by mental health
complexities and neurodiversity are supported, enabled and celebrated at ACC through education
and advocacy.
•  Te Kōtuitui Tāngata | Kaimahi Māori Network: To foster a mana enhancing environment and
advocate for the Māori voice. To honour ancestors by strengthening col ective Māori identity
through whanaungatanga to better serve our whānau, hapū and iwi.
•  Moana Pasifika Network: The purpose of our Moana Pasifika Network Group is to provide a safe
and encouraging space for Pasifika ACC employees to connect, communicate, and celebrate our
unique and diverse contribution to the organisation.

Additional initiatives include:
•  Signing up to the Accessibility Tick to ensure our workplace is more accessible and inclusive for staff
who are disabled and/or neurodivergent.
•  We have launched Gender Transitioning guidelines which advises on fair, respectful and inclusive
treatment of staff who are transitioning gender.
•  We have launched Menopause guidelines which advises on fair, respectful and inclusive treatment
of staff who are experiencing menopause or perimenopause.
•  Further initiatives focused on equity can be seen in ACC’s Pay-gap report.

As this information may be of interest to other members of the public
ACC may publish a copy of this response on ACC’s website. Al  requester data, including your name and
contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released response will be made available at
www.acc.co.nz/resources/#/category/12

If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch
You can email me at [email address].

If you are not happy with this response, you can also contact 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

Christopher Johnston
Manager Official Information Act Services
Government Engagement

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