In the Australian Financial Review on 22 May, an article titled “Why this $1.5b fundie expects another rate rise” noted the following:
“The time has come for the trend of repressed wages to reverse. The share of total income paid to workers – also called the labour share – has been falling in Australia since the 1970s”.
That period of reversal is upon us. The improvements to teacher salary outcomes in the ACT government sector are significant. The new rates (in the accompanying table) provide both attractive commencement salaries and reward teachers for their accumulated expertise at the top of the scale.
Further salary movement in NSW will occur when the former NSW Government’s ‘salary cap’ is removed and replaced with genuine bargaining. Any salary movements for teachers in NSW government schools will also be provided to Catholic systemic teachers, pursuant to the interim settlement agreement with the 10 dioceses and under the Broken Bay enterprise agreement.
The Broken Bay Diocese enterprise agreement also provides a margin of 1.5% above public sector rates for both support staff and teachers.
These improved outcomes will provide a platform for ongoing discussions with Catholic Employment Relations, which represents the 10 dioceses who are covered by the statewide NSW/ACT Catholic Systemic Schools Enterprise Agreement.
