Aged Care Award Wages - Historical Leave Liabilities Increases - 1 August 2026
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About this tender
Overview The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is providing one-off grant funding to eligible registered aged care providers to pay eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care to take their leave entitlements at the increased wage rates effective from 1 August 2026, resulting from the Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision under the Aged Care Work Value Case (ACWVC). Purpose This grant opportunity recognises that accumulated leave liabilities for eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will have increased as a result of the FWC ACWVC decision that applied from 1 August 2026, and that the associated cost to registered providers of aged care when these nurses take this leave will have increased. Funding $12.033 million in 2026-27 in one-off funding Funding is provided to eligible registered providers to pay eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care to take their leave entitlements at the increased wage rates effective from 1 August 2026 Scope This grant opportunity will only cover: 1 August 2026 wage increases for eligible registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care Eligibility Eligible registered providers include those that provide one or more of the following Commonwealth funded aged care programs: Residential Aged Care Support at Home Program Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) Transition Care Program National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program (NATSIFACP)
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