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Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017

Preliminary provisions

4: Overview

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"This law helps support workers by setting their pay rates and helping them get qualifications."

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This Act does a few things to help support workers. It stops them from making claims under the Equal Pay Act 1972. It sets the minimum hourly wage rates for support workers from 1 July 2017 to 31 December 2023. It also requires employers to help support workers get qualifications. The funders will pay extra money to employers to help with the costs of following this Act.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

4Overview

  1. To achieve its purposes, this Act—

  2. extinguishes existing claims and bars future claims by support workers under the Equal Pay Act 1972; and
    1. specifies minimum hourly wage rates payable by employers to support workers for work performed during the period starting on 1 July 2017 and ending on 31 December 2023; and
      1. requires employers to provide support for support workers to attain qualifications; and
        1. provides for the funders to pay additional funding to employers towards the cost of employers’ obligations under this Act.

          Notes
          • Section 4(a): amended, on , by section 6(1) of the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 50).
          • Section 4(b): amended, on , by section 5 of the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 32).
          • Section 4(b): amended, on , by section 6(1) of the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 50).
          • Section 4(c): amended, on , by section 6(1) of the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 50).
          • Section 4(d): amended, on , by section 6(2) of the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 50).