Many of Australia’s largest employers expect workers to stay home if they test positive for COVID or develop any symptoms, despite a national cabinet decision to ease mandatory isolation restrictions.
The mandatory five-day COVID-19 isolation period was lifted on Friday, which means an end to restrictions imposed on the pandemic. However, major banks, supermarkets and retail giants are sticking firmly to existing workplace policies that direct workers not to enter the workplace if they are unwell.
Major employers insist workers stay at home despite the government’s abolition of the mandatory isolation period.attributed to him:SMH / Kate Geraghty
“All team members are advised to monitor symptoms carefully and never attend work if they have any COVID or flu-like symptoms,” a Coles spokesperson said. Retail workers in Coles are still expected to notify managers if they test positive for COVID and to stay away from the workplace for at least three days.
Similarly, Woolworths staff members and office staff who feel unwell are expected to stay away from the workplace until they are not showing symptoms.
“Team members who are ill, regardless of whether it’s COVID-19, influenza, colds, etc… are strongly encouraged to stay home to rest and recover,” a team spokesperson said.
Mandatory reporting of positive rapid antigen tests in Victoria and New South Wales has been canceled from Thursday and Friday, respectively, although authorities still recommend that people do so voluntarily.
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A spokesperson for the division’s retailers Kmart and Target said team members who are symptomatic or unwell will be asked not to attend the workplace, while David Jones employees will be encouraged to stay home.
Each of the Big Four banks expects employees infected with the coronavirus to stay home if they are well, with Westpac most assured of effectively maintaining their isolation period.
Originally published at Melbourne News Vine
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