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threemonkeysACC have recently opened an office in the building next door to where I work. They have occupied a space formerly occupied by a Japanese restaurant. Not a good swap in my opinion.
Wednesday last week, I spotted somebody lying in one of the sheltered nooks near the main entrance to this ACC branch. According to his sign, he was staging a hunger strike in protest against ACC. I passed him again later in the day and he was sitting rubbing his belly looking very pained. The next day he was gone. I don't know whether he gave up or was moved on.
One day without food probably won't have affected the chap's health, but it did get me wondering. Would you be eligible for ACC coverage if you injured yourself staging a protest? Does the self inflicted nature of a hunger strike problem count as an injury by ACCs definition? Even if it would count as an injury (and I suspect it would), what would be the chances of actually making a successful claim?
Today, for the first time, there was a security guard standing outside the ACC branch. When I passed him initially, he was standing and looking staunch. When I passed him on the way back from lunch (mmmm curry) he was sitting in another of the sheltered nooks rubbing his leg and grimacing in pain (well, discomfort anyway). I wonder what his chances of a successful workplace injury claim would be?
Wednesday last week, I spotted somebody lying in one of the sheltered nooks near the main entrance to this ACC branch. According to his sign, he was staging a hunger strike in protest against ACC. I passed him again later in the day and he was sitting rubbing his belly looking very pained. The next day he was gone. I don't know whether he gave up or was moved on.
One day without food probably won't have affected the chap's health, but it did get me wondering. Would you be eligible for ACC coverage if you injured yourself staging a protest? Does the self inflicted nature of a hunger strike problem count as an injury by ACCs definition? Even if it would count as an injury (and I suspect it would), what would be the chances of actually making a successful claim?
Today, for the first time, there was a security guard standing outside the ACC branch. When I passed him initially, he was standing and looking staunch. When I passed him on the way back from lunch (mmmm curry) he was sitting in another of the sheltered nooks rubbing his leg and grimacing in pain (well, discomfort anyway). I wonder what his chances of a successful workplace injury claim would be?