If we want workers to stay home when sick, we need paid leave for casuals

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Photo by ZACHARY STAINES on Unsplash Australians have been told they can no longer be “heroes” and go to work if they have a cold. During Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s press conference last week announcing plans to re-open the economy, workers were firmly instructed to stay home if they were sick. Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said: Everybody stays home when they’re unwell, no matter how mild your cold or your cough, stay home when you’re unwell, and please get a COVID test. T

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