3,000 Workers Set for Major Pay Rise as Part of Labor’s ‘Same Jobs, Same Pay’ Changes

40 more applications are now before the Fair Work Commission.

A Qantas Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane travels down the runway as a Qantas Boeing 717 plane lands at Sydney International Airport on June 7, 2024. DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images

Around 3,000 labour hire workers will receive significant pay rises starting on Nov. 1, under the Albanese Labor government’s landmark “Same Jobs, Same Pay” reforms.

Previously, labour hire workers who are employed through an agency but perform identical duties to those directly employed, would not receive the same pay as those working similar roles.