Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement Act 2017

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1	Title
2	Commencement
	Part 1 Preliminary provisions
3	Purpose
4	Overview
5	Interpretation
6	Transitional, savings, and related provisions
7	Act binds the Crown
	Part 2 Care and support worker entitlements and employer obligations
	Extinguishing and barring claims under Equal Pay Act 1972 by care and support workers
8	Existing claims extinguished and potential claims barred
	Wage rates
9	Minimum hourly wage rates
10	Weekend and night penal rates
11	Previous agreements that require allowances for service or qualifications unenforceable
	Support for training
12	Employers must ensure care and support workers are able to gain qualifications
	Enforcement
13	Compliance dispute is employment relationship problem
14	Care and support worker may recover unpaid or underpaid wages
15	Failure to comply with training obligations constitutes grounds for personal grievance
	Relationship between this Act and employment agreements
16	This Act overrides terms and conditions of employment agreements
17	Employer and care and support worker may negotiate more favourable terms and conditions
	Part 3 Funding of employers and miscellaneous provisions
	Subpart 1—Funding of employers
18	Funding amounts increased
19	Records to support additional funding
	Subpart 2—Consequential amendments and repeal of this Act
20	Amendments to Employment Relations Act 2000
21	Repeal of this Act
	Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
	Schedule 2 Minimum hourly wages
	Legislative history
	Administrative information

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