Aged care in AIRC to discuss award modernisation

Aged care industry groups have appeared at the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), to represent the industry at a conference, to discuss award modernisation of health and welfare services across Australia.

Commissioner Cribb convened the conference with peak industry groups, unions and employer industrial relations representatives from health, aged care and community services in Melbourne.

Commissioner Cribb heard different views of the parties on scoping the industry sectors for the creation of one national award for each industry sector.

Various views were put by the parties as to what would constitute the aged and community care industry in Australia, and how to fit various sectors into one national award.

This is a complex task as there are more than 400 Federal and state awards covering workers. The challenge is to define aged care and what it does, or does not, include.

The Aged Care Industry Council is leading this award modernisation scoping project.
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