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ACC backs down on less flexible remote working policy

05:00 am on 10 December 2025

Workers strike outside an ACC building in Wellington in July. Photo: Samuel Rillstone

ACC has backed down on plans to require staff to work in the office three days a week, rather than two.

The agency said following consultation with workers and careful consideration of their feedback, it decided to maintain current settings of two days in the office each week.

Earlier this week, the Public Service Association said it had written to the Commerce Commission, seeking an investigation into ACC for breaching the Fair Trading Act.

It said that in its job ads, ACC promoted working from home three days a week as a key benefit of working there - and was looking to break that promise.

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