House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2020-04-28 Daily Xml

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Coronavirus, Employment

In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (8 April 2020).

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

The Department for Education's policy position, published on its intranet, is for temporary or casual employees impacted by COVID-19 to be paid for rostered or booked shifts where they:

fall ill themselves;

need to self-isolate due to SA Health or Australian Government protocol;

are directed away due to site closure; or

are required to care for a family member who:

has tested positive for COVID-19;

is required to self-isolate due to COVID-19;

is unable to attend school or preschool due to site closure.

In addition, the department has communicated that temporary contracts for school services officers and early childhood workers that if not for COVID-19 would ordinarily have been in place for term 2 will be extended.