Disability Worker Win!

After YEARS of pressure and campaigning from HACSU members, the HSU, and our comrades at other unions, the Fair Work Commission have finally acted to fix the SCHADS Award!

They're closing a loophole that was seeing disability support workers being misclassified and underpaid. This is a big step forward in the fight against wage theft in the NDIS!

They're removing Level 1 for Disability Support Workers – lifting those workers up to Level 2 with wage increases of up to 27% from 1 October 2027.

Disability Home Care Workers are getting a massive 27% wage increase from 1 October 2026 – to match increases awarded to Aged Care Home Care Workers.

This is union power in action!