Originally Posted by
43Inches
Not sure what you are arguing here, of course they are, if you add in administration and those running the show. The main issue is the general staff, which of that possibly the figure is up to 40%. They are the ones changing the bedding and cleaning toilets, and if they get covid, they pass it on to the whole facility in quick time. The Karens that run the facilities and their buddies are all on good full time packages, as well as team leaders and medical staff etc.
You could say a Supermarket has 30% full time staff, but, everyone on the shop floor will be casual or limited part time.
You are right I probably am including part time in those figures, but they are the same issue, just less spread of workplaces.
Your original contention was that the aged care workforce is "casualised". That term,
casualised, has a specific meaning; the replacement of a permanently employed workforce by casual workers.
That is most assuredly not the case in the aged care workforce. The National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University conducts the National Aged Care Workforce Census every four years so there is an excellent dataset for that workforce. Due to collection issues with the 2020 census, the
2016 census provides the most recent data.
The data shows that the trend in the aged care workforce has been
away from casual employment; between 2012 and 2016 permanent full-time employment in the sector increased, permanent part-time employment also increased and
casual employment decreased by almost half. That is the opposite of a casualised workforce.