CCC and CELA’s new Education and Care Workplace Relations Team is offering an Individual Flexibility Arrangement (IFA) pack with templates and instructions to assist providers in accessing Government funding for the 15% pay rise for educators and teachers.
The template comes with the instructions on the steps you’ll need to complete these individually with your staff and then submit them to the Department of Education in your funding application.
What is an IFA?
Individual Flexibility Arrangements (IFAs) are written agreements made between an employer and an individual employee to vary a term of the award or agreement that covers the employee.
An IFA is a workplace instrument than can be used to access the Government’s Worker Retention Grant, provided it is drafted in line with the Fair Work Act and the grant guidelines.
Note that the Department’s updated grant guidelines require providers to inform all eligible ECEC workers on the types of compliant workplace instruments. Further guidance on this will be available in coming days on the department website and we will email this to you when available.
Who can use an IFA?
Most awards and agreements include a ‘flexibility term’ which allows for IFAs to be made.
Who can use the IFA Pack?
Any provider eligible to apply for the Worker Retention Grant (Long Day Care or Outside School Hours Care) who has staff employed under the Children’s Services Award 2010 or the Educational Services (Teachers) Award 2020 can use the templates in our IFA Pack.
For services with staff employed under alternative awards or existing enterprise agreements please contact our Education and Care Workplace Relations Team for advice.
What does the IFA pack include?
- Two approved IFA templates for eligible providers to use to access Government funding for the 15% pay rise for educators and teachers. These templates can be used for each eligible staff member, you only need to purchase this pack once
- Instructions on how to make the IFA
- One hour of phone support with our Education and Care Workplace Relations experts.
Cost: $825.00 inc gst for members
Note: Any service who purchases the IFA pack, and then later decides to sign on to the Early Childhood Education and Care Multi-Employer Agreement, will have the cost of the IFA pack deducted from our MEA service fee.