Premier DanielAndrewsMP says working from home will likely remain an entrenched feature of his coronavirus management plan until the beginning of next year.
Premier Daniel Andrews says working from home will likely remain an entrenched feature of his coronavirus management plan until the beginning of next year. “Obviously, indoors is more risky than outdoors,’ the premier said, adding “this is not like a restaurant where you might be there for a couple of hours”. “People are there for a whole working day”.
“You have shared spaces with much larger numbers of people; people in lifts, people in common areas and then, of course, there is the small matter of people getting to work”. The premier also noted “public transport at 75 per cent, or 85 per cent, or 100 per cent of patronage presents some very significant challenges to us”. “It is best to plan I think for, if you can work from home you must work from home, being a feature of 2020.
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