Aged care workers will receive a pay bump of up to 28%, in atoday. Pay rises will range from 18% to 28%.
This will mean that Certificate III-qualified employees will receive a new rate of $1224 per week, or $63,643 a year.
The Commission has previously acknowledged that “work in feminised industries including care work has historically been undervalued and the reason for that undervaluation is likely to be gender-based”.
As of 2020, about 86% of the aged-care workforce was women.
Pay increase for aged care workers
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The decision to give aged care workers a pay increase comes after a long-standing dispute between the Health Services Union and the Fair Work Commission.
The Commissionin 2022 while negotiations continued.
“This is one of the best outcomes this union has ever achieved,” Health Services Union secretary Gerard Hayes (pictured above) said in a press conference this afternoon.
It’s unclear when it will come into effect.
