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Uni staff told to 'wash delicates' for stress management as 146 courses suspended (www.abc.net.au)

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The University of Technology Sydney says it needs to cut 400 jobs, roughly 10 per cent of the workforce, as part of a cost-cutting initiative to save $100 million.

After ABC News revealed high levels of psychological distress among staff facing the axe, UTS rolled out advice to support their wellbeing.

Staff say the health advice, which includes making time to wash delicates and brush their teeth, "de-legitimised" their concerns.

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[–] curlywurly@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Good grief. I went into this thinking 'wash delicates' was some kind of Australian idiom, perhaps related to the people whose jobs are under threat shitting themselves. That university is wild for suggesting this.