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Jacob Shteyman

Results in on childcare pay bump as last phase kicks in

Childcare workers are getting a pay rise to encourage them to stay in the industry. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Pay rises for childcare workers have helped stem staff shortages and improve education outcomes, employees say, as workers receive another government-funded pay boost.

The final five per cent of the federal government's 15 per cent pay rise package will hit early childhood educators' bank accounts from Monday, a year after a 10 per cent increase began rolling out.

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