9 Aug 2021

ACC staff regularly in tears from stress after restructure - PSA

From Morning Report, 8:38 am on 9 August 2021

ACC staff say they are battling overwhelming caseloads, huge backlogs and are some are so stressed they're regularly crying in the stairwells.

It comes after a $74 million restructure to improve productivity and become more client focused.

The agency says it's been a success but a union survey found workers think it's had the opposite effect.

Anusha Bradley reports.