leaving him severely burnt
An ACC and employment lawyer is calling for an ACC entity designed by Māori, for Māori to help address structural biases in the compensation system.
"I'm applauding what they're going to do for health and I think that that should be replicated in ACC as well," Wellington lawyer Hazel Armstrong said.
Māori and Pasifika are more likely to get injured but are less likely to make ACC claims, and therefore get fewer entitlements.
Added to this, Armstrong said ACC processes structurally disadvantage Māori and Pasifika applicants with their mainly paper-based bureaucracy.
"Some of my clients are rural, with uncertain internet. They only have a phone, no computer, no printer. They may not have an accessible GP.
"All of those are structural disadvantages," Armstrong said.
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