{"id":5663,"date":"2020-03-27T01:08:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T01:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2020-03-27T01:08:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T01:08:56","slug":"nsw-government-hires-more-staff-and-launches-24-hour-covid-19-hotline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/27\/nsw-government-hires-more-staff-and-launches-24-hour-covid-19-hotline\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW GOVERNMENT HIRES MORE STAFF AND LAUNCHES 24 HOUR COVID-19 HOTLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NSW workers and businesses are now able to access a range of advice and support on non-health related COVID-19 enquiries via the Service NSW contact centre 13 77 88.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said the hotline will be available 24\/7 and Service NSW will recruit 1000 workers to fill a mixture of full-time, part-time and casual roles.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is the greatest health challenge we have endured in living memory and it is impacting households and businesses across the State,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re hiring more staff to respond to this health crisis and the Service NSW contact centre, will temporarily transition to 24\/7 operation to support the state\u2019s response to COVID-19.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want to ensure every family and business can access the advice they need in one convenient location.<br \/>\n\u201cWhether you want to know the latest updates on restrictions, cost of living assistance, financial support for businesses or rules around social distancing, the hotline is here to help.\u201d<br \/>\nMinister for Customer Service Victor Dominello said the transition to 24\/7 Contact Centre operations would be bolstered by the recruitment drive to add 1000 extra staff to Service NSW&#8217;s existing 2800 strong workforce.<br \/>\n\u201cService NSW is working directly with impacted businesses such as airlines, tourism operators\u00a0and those in hospitality\u00a0to match stood down workers with appropriate roles,\u201d Mr Dominello said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe hotline is a great resource and I encourage people across NSW to call if they need information or support around COVID-19 and its impact to our community.\u201d<br \/>\nFor more information on the NSW Government\u2019s response to COVID-19 visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/\">www.service.nsw.gov.au<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19\">www.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSW workers and businesses are now able to access a range of advice and support on non-health related COVID-19 enquiries via the Service NSW contact centre 13 77 88. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the hotline will be available 24\/7 and Service NSW will recruit 1000 workers to fill a mixture of full-time, part-time and casual &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/27\/nsw-government-hires-more-staff-and-launches-24-hour-covid-19-hotline\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW GOVERNMENT HIRES MORE STAFF AND LAUNCHES 24 HOUR COVID-19 HOTLINE&#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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663","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=5663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}