Pay equity and ECE: What teachers and employers need to know about the law change and how it will affect them

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ANALYSIS. OECE, 13 May 2025.

The long-running pay equity claim for early childhood teachers – alongside their primary and secondary school colleagues – has been scrapped after Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden last week announced changes to the Equal Pay Act.

But, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the e

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