Are any of your employees covered by the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010?
Pay rates for some employees are gradually increasing under the Equal Remuneration Order made by the Fair Work Commission. The increase will apply in full by 2020.
Equal Remuneration Order – 1 December 2017
Although it’s seven years on from the commencement of the Modern Award system, certain sectors in certain industries continue to have transitional remuneration orders apply if they were previously covered by certain state and territory based Awards.
Employers and employees whose businesses are in the “social and community services stream” and or the “crisis accommodation stream“, and whose terms of employment are currently covered by the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010 may need to apply adjusted minimum wage rates effective from 1 December this year.
What is required?
1. Check if any of the pre-modern state or territory Awards at the bottom of this page were applicable to your business and your employees before 1 January 2010.
2. If any of the listed pre-modern Awards are applicable, it is likely there will be adjusted minimum pay rate contained within the relevant pay guide on that page.
3. Review the relevant pay guide for application from 1 December 2017 to confirm if there is any necessary adjustment to your employees’ minimum rate of pay.
4. Any increase can be absorbed into over-award rates of pay and there will be no need for adjustment.
If the above points apply to your business, there will be adjustment to the minimum rates of pay twice a year. The 1 December 2017 increase as well as any increase from the Annual Wage Case decision that usually applies from 1 July each year.
This transitional process will continue to affect the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010 each year until 2020.
Pay Guides
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recently reviewed the pay rates for some employees covered by the Social and Community Services Award. This review has resulted in a number of rates being amended. Please check the rates in the pay guides below as they may have changed. You can use these pay guides for a summary of rates, penalties and allowances transitioning from the pre-modern awards below:
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Charitable Sector, Aged and Disability Care Services (State) Award 2003 [AN120117] Pay Guide (DOCX 247.8KB) (PDF 3.9MB)
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Charitable, Aged and Disability Care Services (State) Award [AN120118] Pay Guide (DOCX 201.9KB) (PDF 2.5MB)
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Social and Community Services Employees (State) Award [AN120505] Pay Guide (DOCX 167.5KB) (PDF 1.4MB)
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Disability Support Workers Award – State [AN140093] Pay Guide (DOCX 134KB) (PDF 575.4KB)
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Disabilities Services Award [AN150046] Pay Guide (DOCX 144.4KB) (PDF 896.4KB)
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Social and Community Services Award [AN150140] Pay Guide (DOCX 139.1KB) (PDF 681.3KB)
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Aged and Disabled Persons Hostels Award [AN160007] Pay Guide (DOCX 241.2KB) (PDF 4MB)
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Community Services Award [AN170020] Pay Guide (DOCX 146.6KB) (PDF 825.9KB)
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Crisis Assistance Supported Housing (Queensland) Award 1999 [AP777903] Pay Guide (DOCX 138.3KB) (PDF 701.8KB)
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Residential and Support Services (Victoria) Award 1999 [AP795711] Pay Guide (DOCX 177.7KB) (PDF 1.7MB)
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Social and Community Services – Victoria – Award 2000 [AP796561] Pay Guide (DOCX 226KB) (PDF 3.1MB)
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Social and Community Services (ACT) Award 2001 [AP808334] Pay Guide (DOCX 151.5KB) (PDF 1MB)
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Social and Community Services (Queensland) Award 2001 [AP808848] Pay Guide (DOCX 137.5KB) (PDF 629.2KB)
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Social and Community Services – Western Australia Award 2002 [AP815319] Pay Guide (DOCX 141.6KB) (PDF 813.5KB)
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Community and Aged Care Services (ACT) Award 2002 [AP817098] Pay Guide (DOCX 121.4KB) (PDF 372.5KB)
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Social and Community Services Industry – Community Services Workers – Northern Territory Award 2002 [AP817216] Pay Guide (DOCX 141KB) (PDF 801.9KB)
Author: Charles Watson, Senior HR Advisor, Better HR
Date: 24 October 2017
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