5% pay rises are incoming for Long Day Care teachers and educators as part of the federally funded Worker Retention Payment scheme.
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Do you work in long day care? Are you currently receiving the 10% Commonwealth-funded pay increase?
You’re about to get another pay rise! You will receive another 5% pay increase on 1 December as part of the Early Childhood Education and Care Worker Retention Payment (ECECWRP). These pay rises were negotiated successfully by the IEU, AEU and UWU for early childhood teachers and educators working in long day care and OSHC. The new rates of pay are now available on the Department of Education website.
Don’t forget: if you work for an approved provider that successfully applied for the ECECWRP before 30 September the 10% funded pay increase will be backdated to 2 December 2024.
If your employer has not yet signed up for the ECECWRP, we invite you to contact our Worker Retention Payment team to discuss how they can assist your workplace to secure funded pay increases. Call 02 8282 8900 or email ececwrp@ieu.asn.au, or click here for more info.
The ECECWRP finishes in November 2026. We need you to encourage your colleagues to join the IEU and help us secure ongoing pay rises for early childhood teachers next year.
This update is part of the November 2025 EXEC Extra enewsletter. Stay across all our updates for early childhood teachers on our ECEC page or via our Facebook community group for members only.
