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Workplace diseases and Schedule 2 of the ACC act 2001

Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health

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From: Erika Whittome

Dear Ministry of Health,
I see this page dated 18 Mar 2024 from the MoH says that infectious diseases like the flu are now "workplace hazards".

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...

"Any infectious disease encountered in the workplace is considered a workplace hazard."

Kindly share the all the memos, emails, correspondence, legal advice etc that took place for this page to be published and this statement "Any infectious disease encountered in the workplace is considered a workplace hazard.".

The list workplace diseases is here on the ACC act 2001 https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publ...

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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