New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing      

This is an ELECTRONIC APPLICATION. Printing the form and filling it out by hand will result in your application being ineligible.

 

This form is to be used by:

 

• Licensed Jockeys and Apprentice Jockeys; 
• Licensed Trainers; 
• Licensed Stablehands; 
• Employers of Licensed Apprentices and Stablehands,

 

to apply to the General Trust Fund (the GTF) for a Loss of Earnings Payment where they have suffered a work- related injury, a non-work related injury, or a serious illness 

 

Link: General Trust Fund Policy

 

First Week Payment

Where a licensed person has sustained an injury as a result of carrying out duties in their capacity as a licensed person and is unable to work for at least one week, they may make a claim to the GTF to cover wages/earnings lost during the period they are unable to work and any extra costs they have incurred.

Loss of Earnings Payments made will be based on the following Payment Guidance Table:

 

Gross Income	Self Employed & Apprentices	Stablehands & Probationers
gross income < $20,000	$650	$325
gross income is between $20,001 and $40,000	$825	$325
gross income is over $40,001	$1,300	$325

 

Loss of Earnings Payments policy guide:

 

• The Payment Guidance Table is prepared on a per-week basis.
• A Loss of Earnings Payment application will typically be considered to assist for the first week of injury, after which the applicant would be eligible to receive ACC compensation.
• The Trustees of the GTF will consider applications for a Loss of Earnings Payment in cases where a rider is subject to an NZTR-imposed minimum 12-day stand-down from riding for a concussion injury which is not an injury covered by ACC. In most cases, the grant would be provided for a two-week period, as the closest proxy to the minimum 12-day stand-down period.
• Self Employed includes Trainers, Jockeys, Jumps Jockeys and Freelance Trackwork Riders
• Jumps Riders injured during the jumps season or while schooling jumps horses will be deemed eligible for a Loss of Earnings Payment of $1,300.
• Loss of Earnings Payments for an injured Apprentice will be apportioned as to $650 to the employer and $650 to the Apprentice.
• Stablehands and Probationers are entitled to sick pay from their employers for their first week after injury, hence the GTF payment for them is a lesser amount.

 

PLEASE NOTE: All relevant fields must be answered, and all attachments must be submitted with the application.  Any failure to do so will prevent your application being processed.  Attachments Required -

 

• Copy of Medical Certificate

Any payment to the applicant by the Trustees from the GTF does not represent any admission of liability on the part of the GTF or its Trustees, NZTR and/or the NZTR member clubs (including any agents, officers or employees of NZTR or such clubs) to the applicant. By applying for and accepting a Loss of Earnings Payment (or any other payment) from the GTF, the applicant agrees that the payment made by the Trustees on behalf of the GTF, NZTR and/or the NZTR member clubs (including any agents, officers or employees of NZTR or such clubs), is in full and final settlement of any and all of the applicant’s rights against the GTF and its Trustees, NZTR or an NZTR member club (including any agents, officers or employees of NZTR or any such club) in relation to or arising out of the matter giving rise to the application to the GTF for a Loss of Earnings (or other) Payment.