The Australian Services Union, Health Services Union and United Workers’ Union have filed an application in the Fair Work Commission seeking a variation to the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010. Specifically, the Applicants seek the introduction of a new allowance, titled the ‘COVID-19 Care Allowance’.
Ai Group opposes the claim and files this submission in response to the relevant questions posed and provisional views expressed by the Commission in its statement of 5 May 2020.