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Caitlin Cassidy

Not a day to celebrate: Wollongong university staff given option to work on Australia Day holiday

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Protesters at an Invasion Day rally in Sydney. The University of Wollongong will allow employees to work on 26 January and take leave on another day. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The University of Wollongong (UOW) is giving staff the option to work through the 26 January holiday, making it the latest employer to offer the policy in a show of solidarity with First Nations people.

The university announced on Monday that it would offer all fixed-term and permanent employees the flexibility to work rather than taking the day as a public holiday, citing the painful associations it may have for Indigenous communities.

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