Business NSW and the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry want changes to the current rules in place which force household close contacts to stay home for seven days, irrespective of test result.
Stream the latest news on COVID-19 with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2022 Under the proposal, if workers test negative and feel well enough, they should then be able to go to work. “There’s critical staff shortages across all businesses in Australia and what we’ve got is healthy people at home who are unable to go to work,” Mr Hunter told Sky News Australia’s Peter Stefanovic.“Here in NSW, the health minister rightly granted an exemption for airport workers.
Lucky the Unions and Fair Work Commission allowed us to use the pandemic and vaccine mandates to sack staff and make our bottom lines look better. Did you get cheaper air fares? LOL
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No wonder there dying in Victorian ambulances......
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Makes sense for essential services food health etc. But how is travel an essential service? If they haven't got the staff to run the airport start cancelling flights to lighten the load.