31 March

I put this in the category of stuff you REALLY need to know. Something that isn't said in public discussion, that I've seen, is that for a long list of workers (below), if you catch Covid-19 it is PRESUMED in law that you caught it at work. It isn't up to you to prove it, the employer has to prove you DIDN'T catch it at work. Compensation is automatic, unless your employer can prove you caught it somewhere else. For this reason whatever you do GET TESTED, and KEEP THE RESULTS. Those are key to any claims for compensation down the track. And the impact of Covid on the body can play out over many years, perhaps the rest of your life. The list of jobs that this applies for: the retail industry (other than businesses providing only on-line retail), the health care sector, including ambulance officers and public health employees, disability and aged care facilities, educational institutions, including pre-schools, schools and tertiary institutions (other than establishments providing only on-line teaching services), police and emergency services (including fire brigades and rural fire services), refuges, halfway houses and homeless shelters, passenger transport services, libraries, courts and tribunals, correctional centres and detention centres, restaurants, clubs and hotels, the construction industry, places of public entertainment or instruction (including cinemas, museums, galleries, cultural institutions and casinos), the cleaning industry cafes supermarkets funeral homes childcare facilities.