A Significant Hike in Casual Disability Support Workers Being Employed in Australia
According to the recent Australian Disability Workforce Report, there has been a significant increase in the number of casual employments to the industry. Today, a casual disability support worker in Australia is sure to outstrip the others in terms of figures. While this has been a very swiftly thriving workforce, are there sordid implications of the increasingly casualised outlook? The Increasing Proportion of Casual Workers According to the report, the proportion of casual workers is around forty per cent higher than permanent employees. The growth rate of the workforce has been pegged at twelve per cent per year. Apart from that, there has been a discrepancy between the turnover rates of the two sectors. The report states that the turnover rates are double than those for permanent workers. The survey has covered a broad swathe of industrial platforms, from disability to senior home care in Australia. The Raging Issue of Working Hours...