Health
Aged care workers to get pandemic leave – Seymour Telegraph
Casual aged care workers will be eligible for paid pandemic leave after a Fair Work Commission decision to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19.The variations will take effect from Wednesday and will remain in effect for three months, the commission said in a ruling released late on Monday.Many of the recent deaths in Victoria’s second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic have been linked to outbreaks at aged care facilities, which prompted the Fair Work Commission to act.
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