Worksafe's hotel quarantine breach penalties are a warning for other employers to keep workers safe from COVID

  • Written by: Alex Collie, Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Monash University

Victoria’s occupational health and safety regulator, Worksafe, has charged the state’s health department with 58 breaches for failing to provide hotel quarantine staff with a safe workplace.

The breaches occurred between March and July 2020, and at up to A$1.64 million per breach, could amount to fines of $95 million.

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