{"id":14527,"date":"2022-01-18T16:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=14527"},"modified":"2022-01-18T16:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:00:01","slug":"safety-at-work-critical-for-living-with-omicron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/01\/18\/safety-at-work-critical-for-living-with-omicron\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety at work critical for living with Omicron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says workers deserve to be safe at work, backing ACTU calls to ensure worker safety.<br \/>\nBandt, a former industrial relations lawyer, rejected the claim by some employers that the demands were a threat to business, saying that ensuring workers\u2019 safety is the best way to keep businesses going as the virus continues to spread.<br \/>\n<strong>Greens leader, Adam Bandt MP said:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIf a workplace is unsafe, workers have the right to stop work.<br \/>\n\u201cGovernments should have thought more about worker safety before letting Omicron rip.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s workers who keep our economy and supply chains going and it is vital that all workers are protected.<br \/>\n\u201cFree RAT tests, upgraded masks and improved ventilation should be a priority in workplaces.<br \/>\n\u201cKeeping workers safe is key to securing supply chains and supporting businesses through Omicron.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says workers deserve to be safe at work, backing ACTU calls to ensure worker safety. Bandt, a former industrial relations lawyer, rejected the claim by some employers that the demands were a threat to business, saying that ensuring workers\u2019 safety is the best way to keep businesses going as the virus &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/01\/18\/safety-at-work-critical-for-living-with-omicron\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Safety at work critical for living with Omicron&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}