No. 12 - Workmen's Compensation (Agriculture), 1921

Provisions

• The laws and regulations that provide for compensation for personal injury arising out of, or in the course of, employment must be extended to cover agricultural workers.
• The protection provided for agricultural workers does not, however, have to be identical to that provided for industrial workers.

Administered by

Accident Compensation Corporation

• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001

Department of Labour

How New Zealand implements it

• New Zealand's accident compensation scheme covers all employees (see Convention 17 for details).
• The Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act applies to all work-related injuries, irrespective of whether they are agricultural or not. The Act does not distinguish between the industries in which injuries occur.
• The Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act is administered by the Department of Labour and delivered by the Accident Compensation Corporation.
• The Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act is the principal act under which the Accident Compensation Corporation operates.

This Convention is not applicable to Tokelau.

Ratified - 29 March 1938

Total ratifications - 76

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