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Pay equity case

AEU members in disability services are professional and highly dedicated individuals working to build skills and opportunities for some of the most disadvantaged people in society.

Working in community-based not-for-profit organisations, they have traditionally struggled to achieve equitable wage outcomes and continue to be some of the most under-valued and underpaid workers in Victoria.

In an historic attempt to have this wage inequity addressed, the pay equity case was brought before Fair Work Australia in 2009 by the ASU and supported by the AEU and HACSU.

The Baillieu Coalition Government promised (prior to being elected) to fully fund the outcomes of the pay equity case.

Shortly after coming to power the Baillieu Coalition Government announced it would no longer fully fund any outcomes from the pay equity case. Instead, the Government indicated that services would need to be cut and the workforce decreased if it were required to fully fund the outcomes.

We call on the Baillieu Coalition Government to honour its promise to support the pay equity case and fully fund any salary outcomes for this vital and deserving group of workers in disability services across Victoria.

Branch Conference
August 2011

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