About 150,000 Victorian casual workers will be eligible for five days’ paid sick and carer’s leave each year as part of a $246m Australian-first trial to tackle the “toxic” nature of insecure work.
The trial, announced by the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, on Monday, has already been criticised by business and industry groups as a “handbrake” on the state’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The state opposition also indicated they could scrap the trial if elected in November.
