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Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017

Funding of employers and miscellaneous provisions - Funding of employers

18: Funding amounts increased

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"More money is added to funding to help with extra costs"

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You have a funding agreement with an employer. The funder must pay extra money to help with costs. The funder decides how much extra to pay, looking at wage and training costs. The funder's decision is final. You are an employer with a funding agreement made before certain dates. The dates are 1 July 2017 for some services and 1 July 2018 for others. The funder must pay extra to help with costs from the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017, as amended by the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Act 2020. The extra money helps with costs from the Act. The funder looks at what they think is appropriate. They make the final decision on the extra amount.

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Part 3Funding of employers and miscellaneous provisions
Funding of employers

18Funding amounts increased

  1. A funder must pay an employer with whom the funder has a funding agreement additional amounts over and above the amounts required by the funding agreement towards offsetting the additional costs faced by the employer as a result of this Act.

  2. The funder must determine the additional amounts, taking into account—

  3. the increased wage costs faced by the employer as a result of this Act; and
    1. the increased training costs faced by the employer as a result of this Act; and
      1. any other matter that the funder considers appropriate.

        1. The funder’s determination of the additional amounts is final.

        2. This section applies only in respect of funding agreements entered into before,—

        3. in relation to care and support services and vocational and disability support services, 1 July 2017; and
          1. in relation to mental health and addiction support services, 1 July 2018.

            Notes
            • Section 18(4): replaced, on , by section 19 of the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 50).