Fair Work Commission

Pay rises for aged care nurses funded with additional $2.6 billion

The Albanese government has quashed any remaining questions of how it will afford a pay rise for over 60,000 aged…

Aged care nurses set to earn more from March 1

Registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will soon be paid more under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) changes…

Govt allocates more than $2 billion to “boost” aged care wages

The Federal Government announced that over $2 billion is being invested to "boost" aged care wages. December 1 marked not…

New agreements bump up aged care pay by 4.4 per cent

Workers on new collective agreements are scoring average wage increases of up to 5.8 per cent, according to fresh data…

Accountability concerns rise as aged care workers await wage hike

Concerns are mounting among industry experts about the government's lack of enforceable rules to ensure the pay rise funds are…

Dispute over aged care wage rise payout

Lifeview has disputed claims made by the ANMF that it won't pass on a 15 per cent wage rise for…

Unsafe staffing ratios pushes UK and Australian nurses ‘into a corner’

British nurses are staging a 48-hour strike and 'won't back down' in a bitter row with the government over wages…

Pay rise could attract more men to workforce

The pay rise for aged care staff will help attract more men to the care sector, an aged care peak…

Better Pay bill may affect pay rise case

As the Fair Work Commission's aged care pay rise case moves to the second stage, government pressures rise after shocking…

‘We don’t exist’: non-care staff miss out on pay rise

Aged care support staff say they feel “insulted” after being excluded from the Fair Work Commission's interim decision to increase…

Aged care workers may benefit from new work reforms

Parents, carers and older Australians would be able to take their bosses to the Fair Work Commission to fight for…

Rumours FWC won’t decide on pay rise until next year: podcast

Aged care providers are voicing concerns the fair work umpire's verdict on increasing staff's wages will come too late. On…

Care staff speak out at fair work pay rise case

Personal care workers are under increasing pressure to juggle residents' complex health needs while nurses are fleeing from the sector…

Aged care workers to receive up to 5.2 per cent wage increase

Aged care staff across Australia will receive a pay increase after the nation's industrial umpire ruled to lift the national…

Aged care workers to get pandemic leave

Casual aged care workers will be eligible for paid pandemic leave after a Fair Work Commission decision to try to…