{"id":1478,"date":"2024-08-16T13:08:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T01:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/au\/blog\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T14:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T01:24:03","slug":"schads-award-2024-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.workstem.com\/au\/blog\/schads-award-2024-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 SCHADS Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

2024 SCHADS Award and NDIS Pay Rate Update<\/h2>\n

A 3.75% pay rate increase is effective from 1st July 2024.To access the rates, kindly provide your email by clicking here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The NDIS sector supports over half a million Australians and their families. Individuals working in this sector are typically employed under one of three key Modern Awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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  • Social, Community, Home Care And Disability Services Award (SCHADS Award)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Covers crisis assistance, social and community services, home care, and family day care workers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Aged Care Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Pertains to aged care industry workers such as personal care workers, cleaners, and administrative staff.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Nurses Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Applicable to health industry workers, particularly nurses and their assistants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

These Awards commonly establish the minimum pay rates for workers in the sector. The updated pay rates for NDIS workers have been implemented as of 1st July 2024.<\/p>\n

Pay Rise Eligibility for NDIS Workers<\/h2>\n

In 2023, trade unions submitted an application to the Fair Work Commission to review pay rates in care industries, particularly for employees in ‘direct care’ roles, aiming to rectify historical underpayment and challenge gender bias in caregiving roles. The Commission, under the ‘work value case,’ has been progressively addressing this issue since November, emphasizing:<\/p>\n