A number of the nation’s well-respected epidemiologists say working from home should be top of the list when it comes to attempts to take the edge off worrying outbreaks. | By Aisha Dow covid19 WFH aishamae
A pandemic adviser to the federal government says people should work from home if they can and warned employers not to expect their COVID-infected staff to continue working while ill.
“Industry is there to make a profit and if your workforce is all sick, it’s not going well,” McVernon said. Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has requested “employers consider working from home arrangements that are most appropriate for their workplace and employees based on individual requirements”.from acting Victorian Chief Health Officer Ben Cowie, recommending “during the coming period of increased transmission and resulting health system pressure in July and August, people work from home where practical to do so”.
The head of the epidemiological modelling unit at Monash University said he was unsure how helpful mandating working from home would be at this stage of the current Omicron wave, but it could be the first stage of a plan for the next challenging variant. “What workplaces do is bring together people from lots of different households, from lots of different geographies [and] they often travel together in crowded transport.”
“We know that for many people in many businesses, you can work from home and continue to be productive,” said Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly last week.
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