Hon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister of Health): Homecare and support workers and allied health workers are two quite different groups of health workers whose current situations are also very different. With regard to care and support workers, the main terms and conditions of employment for care and support workers is set out in legislation: the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017. Ironically, given its title, the legislation does not provide for pay equity claims to be made, and, in fact, is not a pay equity settlement at all; the opposite is the case. The legislation prohibits a pay equity claim to be made for these workers until after 30 June this year; 30 June is also when parts of the legislation providing for minimum rates of pay and training obligations self-repeal. To address this, I've been working with unions, employers, and officials to reach an interim arrangement that would increase and protect current pay rates and training obligations and set up a process to achieve what these workers have been fighting for for more than 10 years: pay equity. I last met with unions and employers on Friday.