The SA Public Sector Enterprise Agreement: Weekly Paid covers around 6,800 workers in a wide variety of roles across the public sector including aged care, disability services, early childhood educators, hospital orderlies and sterilisation technicians, catering and security services, and more.

A ballot of workers closed at 5pm Monday, with 94.2% of those voting supporting the new agreement.

A historically high 61% of employees covered by the agreement cast a vote.

This follows months of good faith between the Government and the United Workers Union (UWU).

Highlights of the offer include:

• Aged care, disability services, and Child Care Workers will receive immediate pay parity with their relevant Federal modern award.
• Other workers covered by the agreement will receive annual wage increases of 4% from 1 July 2025, 3.5% from 1 July 2026, and 3.5% from 1 July 2027 plus supplementary adjustment payments, recognising the historic undervaluation of this work.
• Penalty rates for ordinary hours of work on Sundays will increase to 200% for disability services workers, and 175% for all other workers.
• Disability services workers will receive a first aid allowance to recognise the first aid skills they maintain to support complex clients.
• Codifying entitlements to subsidised car parking and free public transport for health workers.
• Commitment to a review of current pay relativities prior to the negotiation of the next enterprise agreement.
  Now that the agreement has been endorsed by employees, it will be lodged with the South Australian Employment Tribunal for approval.

The latest agreement adds to the list of major enterprise agreements successfully negotiated in the past year, including allied health workers, doctors, police and SA Water staff.