Thanks to @JayneFlan. Workers who contract Covid and are working in an area of ‘presumptive employment’ (more…

Thanks to @JayneFlan. Workers who contract Covid and are working in an area of ‘presumptive employment’ (more below) are ‘automatically presumed to have contracted the disease in the course of their employment’. Huge? /1 #auspol #covid19aus https://t.co/BwWPohSSQ9

Some employers are operating under the assumption that it will be employees who will need to prove they contracted Covid at work, to get any compensation. But in these (extensive) areas of prescribed employment, the presumption is the exact opposite. /2 https://t.co/S9vYe2EAdm

In those areas, the employer will need to prove the employee didn’t catch it at work. And I assume that proof will be largely about what Covid mitigations the workplace has. Anybody skilled in workplace law may be able to point out gaps in understanding? Seems clear cut. /end