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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan

NSW public school cleaners assigned more than 600 tasks a day under ‘impossible workload’

School cleaner Justine Hughes
Justine Hughes, a school cleaner working in regional NSW, says the workload is ‘demoralising’ Photograph: supplied by Justine Hughes

Public school cleaners in New South Wales are given less than a minute to mop floors, clean toilets and empty bins each day, with a major union claiming the “impossible workload” has led to one of the state’s highest worker’s compensation premiums.

Documents obtained by the United Workers Union detail how cleaners in state public schools are being asked to complete several hundred individual tasks each day as part of their daily work routine.

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