WA moves to ban coronavirus hotel quarantine security guards from taking second jobs

The WA Government has moved to restrict hotel quarantine security staff to one job only, a week after the state was plunged into lockdown when a guard tested positive to COVID-19.

WA Premier Mark McGowan said letters stipulating the change in contract had gone out to the four security companies that provided staff to the nine quarantine hotels.

He said one company had already returned the signed contact and another was expected to do the same today.

“Under the contracts, all employees are required to end secondary…