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Aged care workers to get pandemic leave – 7NEWS.com.au
The Fair Work Commission has determined that aged care workers who must take sick leave because of coronavirus should receive paid pandemic leave.
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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