Re: working holiday travel insurance

Laura James — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 07:57:36 GMT

Hi!

I'm currently in Oz and about to start work in a week or so. I haven't been able to find anything about needing extra insurance and am sure that the practice insurance covers it all

Re: working holiday travel insurance

bunnyshouse — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:03:10 GMT

this is brilliant, thank you so much.

Re: working holiday travel insurance

Laura Harvey — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:47:06 GMT

Hi,

I'm an NZ vet nurse (loccumed a bit in the UK previously).

Travel insurance and work related injuries in NZ are dealt with a bit differently that in other countries. In NZ, we have ACC (Accident Compensation Corporation) that automatically cover you for medical costs and loss of wages dur to work related injuries. It is essentially automatic work insurance provided to anyone legally working in NZ. The levies are paid automatically to ACC through your employer. I've attached an ACC handout below that will hopefully explain things a bit better, so you shouldn't need anything more than regular travel insurance (of course though - don't take my word - double check everything).

http://www.acc.co.nz/PRD_EXT_CSMP/groups/external_communications/documents/publications_promotion/wcm000163.pdf