Vaccinating childcare workers in time “very challenging”

Sally Patten and Liam Walsh

Aug 23, 2021 – 5.29pm

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Childcare centres must waive gap fees for absent children and keep existing staff employed to be eligible for an emergency support package announced by the federal government on Monday.

The support package will provide 25 per cent of a childcare centre’s pre-lockdown revenue if it is subjected to orders for children not to attend, and 40 per cent of an after-school care centre’s revenue.

Sally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.

Liam Walsh writes on investigations and companies with The Australian Financial Review. He has won multiple media awards, worked in Japan and is now based in Brisbane.