Adelaide cluster puts casuals in spotlight

The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee has been asked to look at whether hotel quarantine workers having second jobs is safe.

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South Australia has asked the nation's expert medical panel to investigate whether hotel quarantine workers should be allowed to have second jobs.

Two coronavirus-infected workers at Adelaide's medi-hotels were also pulling shifts at a suburban pizza shop, sparking fresh concerns about casual employment.

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Published 20 November 2020 4:03pm
By SBS News
Presented by Justin Sungil Park
Source: SBS

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