Wages for Aged Care Workers to Rise 28 Percent After Ruling

This follows a Fair Work Commission ruling on a union’s application to raise aged-care workers’ wages by 25 percent.

An elderly man in Brisbane, Australia on April 27, 2016. AAP Image/Glenn Hunt

Hundreds of thousands of aged care workers across Australia will receive a pay rise of up to nearly 30 percent.

On March 15, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) issued a ruling on a 2020 application by the Health Services Union (HSU) to lift the wages of workers across the board by an average of 25 percent.