The Albanese government seeks to delay aged care wage rises of 23 per cent by almost two years due to concerns that a large pay jump could fuel labour shortages by attracting workers from other sectors. The government has requested ...

The federal budget is set to bear the weight of a much-anticipated salary increase for aged care workers as Labor seeks to attract more staff to the sector through $10,000 pay hikes. This morning, the government announced it would fully ...

British nurses are staging a 48-hour strike and 'won't back down' in a bitter row with the government over wages and nurse-to-patient ratios. Members of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) have walked off their jobs six times since December ...

News of a 15 per cent interim wage increase for Australia's aged care workforce has been welcomed by peak nursing groups who say more needs to be done to retain and recruit staff into the hardened sector. The Australian Nurses ...

Casual aged care workers will be eligible for paid pandemic leave after a Fair Work Commission decision to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The ruling grants paid pandemic leave to staff working in residential aged care under the ...