Aged Care Wages Attestation Report Q1–Q2 2023–2024

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Aged Care Wages Attestation Report Q1–Q2 2023–2024

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This report provides a summary of providers’ attestations that they have passed on all additional Government funding provided in support of the Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase minimum award rates for many aged care workers and associated on-costs.

Since quarter 1 2023–24, the Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) has required providers to attest that they have passed on all additional Government funding provided in support of the Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase minimum award rates for many aged care workers and associated on-costs. 

A provider may have justifiable reasons to attest ‘no’ to passing on all the additional Government funding for the increase to minimum award rates, including:

• not delivering services in the quarter
• a new or closing service
• the provider not directly employing workers. 

It is important to note these reasons when interpreting the data in this release. Incorrect interpretation against providers that attested ‘no’ could unfairly identify them as having not acted consistent with the Government’s expectations to pass on funding at the expense of the worker.

Providers have not been provided an opportunity to review the data release before publication and are encouraged to contact the Department seeking resubmission of their QFR should they identify a mistake in their attestation statement.

Data caveats

1. Some providers may have attested in one quarter but not others due to changing circumstances of the provider.
2. The QFR does not explicitly collect providers' reasons for attesting. While the QFR includes additional information, such as whether a provider is experiencing recruitment difficulties or financial solvency issues, these providers' responses are not directly linked to the attestation question.
3. The QFR is an approved provider-level data collection. Attestation statements are attributable to the approved provider only. Information on service-level attestation is not available.
4. The quarter 2 QFR data collection is currently incomplete. As a result, a number of blank cells are identified in the data.
5. State and territory owned and operated approved providers are not required to attest.