{"id":14872,"date":"2022-08-06T11:42:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T11:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/foot-and-mouth-disease-detected-in-australia-the-prime-minister-stands-by-when-asking-for-measures-to-work-from-home-they-find-three-dead-children-after-the-fire-in-washingtons-house-australian\/"},"modified":"2022-08-06T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T11:42:23","slug":"foot-and-mouth-disease-detected-in-australia-the-prime-minister-stands-by-when-asking-for-measures-to-work-from-home-they-find-three-dead-children-after-the-fire-in-washingtons-house-australian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=14872","title":{"rendered":"Foot-and-mouth disease detected in Australia;  The prime minister stands by when asking for measures to work from home;  They find three dead children after the fire in Washington&#8217;s house;  Australian swimmer Isaac Cooper sent home from Commonwealth Games camp;  Victoria gas supply crisis;  Latest cases and deaths from COVID-19 in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text--author\">By Romy Gilbert<\/span>July 20, 2022 07:09<\/p>\n<p>Two of Australia&#8217;s biggest employers, Westpac and Telstra, have told their staff to work from home as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise. <\/p>\n<p>Westpac recently adjusted its threat measurement system from &#8216;green&#8217; to &#8216;amber&#8217;, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.<\/p>\n<p>Telstra has announced a hybrid system and advised staff to work remotely if possible.<\/p>\n<p>The changes affect about 40,000 Westpac employees and about 27,000 Telstra employees.<\/p>\n<p>State governments have not enforced work-from-home mandates, leaving it up to individuals and businesses to make their own decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly called on &#8220;employers to allow working from home if possible&#8221; and to consider mask-wearing during the winter Omicron surge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re at the beginning of this wave, not the end,&#8221; Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 5,000 Australians are currently in hospital with the virus.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/australia-breaking-news-today-live-russia-ukraine-updates-latest-headlines-july-20-2022\/7461f602-dbe6-4610-bb02-a005414b93ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Romy GilbertJuly 20, 2022 07:09 Two of Australia&#8217;s biggest employers, Westpac and Telstra, have told their staff to work from home as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise. Westpac recently adjusted its threat measurement system from &#8216;green&#8217; to &#8216;amber&#8217;, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Telstra has announced a hybrid system and advised staff to work remotely if possible. The changes affect about 40,000 Westpac employees and about 27,000 Telstra employees. State governments have not enforced work-from-home mandates, leaving it up to individuals and businesses to make their own decisions. Yesterday, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly called on &#8220;employers to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}