Aged care workers have won a huge pay rise. What about the cleaners, cooks and admin staff who support them?
- Written by Matthew Xerri, Senior Lecturer in Human Resources, Griffith University
This month, the Fair Work Commission handed Australia’s aged care workforce an historic pay rise, with some groups’ wages set to increase by more than 28%.
The news was a welcome relief for much of the female-dominated workforce, who have faced chronic staffing shortages and poor rates of pay in recent years.
But not everyone working...
