This toolkit has information and materials to help providers, services and stakeholders communicate about the worker retention payment.
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Providers and services
The below materials are for early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers and services. Use them to tell your community that your service has signed up to the worker retention payment.
You may only use these materials once you have been approved and entered into a grant agreement with the department.
Please do not alter the materials. To use the materials for any purposes not listed below, please contact ccshelpdesk@education.gov.au.
Worker retention payment poster
Print and display this poster at your service.
Worker retention payment badge
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Download the website badge
Download the print-ready badge
Worker retention payment social media tile
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Download the tile for use on Instagram and LinkedIn
ECEC stakeholders
This content is for organisations that support the ECEC sector, including:
- peak bodies and industry groups
- state and territory education departments and regulatory authorities
- other Commonwealth agencies.
Use this content to tell providers and services in your network about the worker retention payment.
Please do not alter the content.
Social media content
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The Australian Government is funding a wage increase for the early childhood education and care workforce.
The worker retention payment will fund a 15% wage increase over 2 years. Providers must opt-in to get the payment. Applications are open now.
Find out more: https://www.education.gov.au/early-childhood/workforce/wages
Editorial content
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Worker retention payment applications open
The Australian Government is funding a wage increase for the early childhood education and care workforce through a worker retention payment.
The payment runs for 2 years and will fund:
- a wage increase of 15% above the modern award rates
- a minimum of 20% of eligible on-costs.
Providers opt-in by applying for the payment. Providers must pass the payment on to eligible workers.
Applications are open now.
Find out more on the Department of Education website