Posts tagged "childcare industry Australia"

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.

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.

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.

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…