Posts tagged "childcare workers"

Modelling shows investing in childcare and aged care would have a significant economic payoff, boosting per-person annual GDP by $1,270.

The reset caused by the pandemic has provided us with a unique opportunity to reconsider the type of jobs we value.

Increasing the federal government’s childcare subsidy to a nearly fully funded 95% would boost GDP by up to $7.4 billion per year, at a cost of $5.4 billion a year, according to KPMG.

The stage four restrictions announced by the Victorian government to contain the city’s COVID-19 outbreak will see childcare centres close.

Australian families will soon start paying for childcare again, but as childcare becomes unaffordable for so many families who need it, women’s workforce participation that suffers.

Doctors, nurses, teachers, carers and childcare workers are on the front lines in the fight against coronavirus. And the vast majority of them are women.

There is also an economic case for the government to invest more in childcare to help rebuild the economy after the health crisis is over.

Andrea Christie-David is a human rights lawyer and company director determined to offer new high-quality early childhood education options to families.

Today, across the nation, educators who work in long day care centres are walking off the job for the fourth time in 18 months.

More of us are using formal childcare in order to participate in the workforce, but childcare is becoming even less affordable.

Education Minister Simon Birmingham encourages families to shop around for cheap childcare, so many workers have to cut rates to attract families.

The Fair Work Commission recently put an end to a five year battle by unions for a 35% pay increase for childcare educators.

The unions h…