ACC defends staff benefits spending

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Pansy Wong

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:00a.m.

ACC is defending its spending of $750,000 on spas, manicures and botox treatment for its staff.

National's ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong has revealed that even pet grooming and aromatherapy are covered by ACC's staff welfare Activa card.

It allows more than 2,000 employees to spend $250 each on a range of goods and services.

She says she cannot believe it helps keep staff fit and well for work - but ACC spokesman Laurie Edwards says the Activa card is mostly used for cheaper access to gyms and sports equipment.

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Comments [3]

homer

11 Aug 2008 6:09p.m.

What a joke, should get myself a job in a govt department, they get all the perks!!

Alien

08 Aug 2008 10:15a.m.

that's nice. I'll tell a family member whoh as had compensation for treatment for their accident turned down by these people, while they are wasting this amount of money, while so many victims are having their claims rejected, having to appeal and then having to pay the costs for lawyers to get involve.

gurkin

08 Aug 2008 8:31a.m.

Yes Acc staff are fully covered. and there pets. etc..
while the real accident victims. get zero.We pay Acc levies to protect he scum that damage us.the over paid sheep at Acc .
Thats why the acc adds your covered were found to be lies and removed from Tv radio etc.they were a lie.. but the hidden agenda in the 5 million $ contract was the wording they the media had to stop showing protesters protesting acc. on the news.. a bribe...
I was hit head on by a dangerous driving speeding scum. whom was on the wrong side of the road. equal two 240 kms per hour head on... on my Harley Davidson.
and i get no cover zero.
but the scum that hit me gets his full acc cover protection from ever being held accountable to the damage he caused Automatically, as does his insurance company. for the rest of his life.
Acc have to spend our compensation on something, as it will get embarrassing when they have billions. So instead of accident victims getting compensation, with a raft of changes to the acc..the money is now being laundered to Doctors , hospitals, lawyers., and over paid staff.
But hey bad drivers and bad bosses are fully covered...Where as the victim gets no compensation, a long fight for there rights.
but you do get one of Nz infamous all black.hopiarti,s