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About the Sick Pay Guarantee

The Sick Pay Guarantee provided eligible casual and contract workers in Victoria with sick and carer’s pay.

The Sick Pay Guarantee pilot program is closed.

The last date to submit claims was 30 June 2024.

About the program

The Sick Pay Guarantee is an Australian-first initiative that provided Victorian casual and contract workers in certain jobs with up to 38 hours a year of sick and carer’s pay. Payments were made at the national minimum wage.

The Sick Pay Guarantee pilot program was fully funded by the Victorian Government. It ran from 14 March 2022 until 30 June 2024. 

For more information see the Sick Pay Guarantee Program Guidelines.

Registrations and claims have closed

You can no longer sign up for the Sick Pay Guarantee or submit claims for sick and carer’s pay.

The pilot program ended on 30 June 2024.

How to share your experience of insecure work

When evaluating this pilot program, it is important to understand workers’ and employers’ experience of insecure work and the Sick Pay Guarantee.

You can share your experience by email sickpayguarantee@ecodev.vic.gov.au.

Contact us

Email: sickpayguarantee@ecodev.vic.gov.au

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