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Enterprise Bargaining

Policy last updated

17 September 2026

Scope

  • Schools

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Date:
21 Aug 2025

Overview

Overview

The Department of Education (the Department) is proposing to enter into a new enterprise agreement for employees in the Victorian Teaching Service (Proposed Agreement), replacing the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022 (Current Agreement). The Proposed Agreement has been developed with support from the Australian Education Union, the Australian Principals Federation, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, the Community and Public Sector Union and independent bargaining representatives.

The Proposed Agreement covers employees in the executive class, principal class, teacher class, paraprofessional class and education support class. It settles all claims arising from the bargaining parties' logs of claims and has a nominal expiry date of 10 August 2030.

Employees covered by the Proposed Agreement were provided access to the Proposed Agreement and other relevant material, and provided with an opportunity to vote to approve or not approve the Proposed Agreement.

A total of 80,742 employees participated in the vote (77.1% of eligible employees). Of those employees who participated in the ballot, 93.1% voted to approve the agreement.

Relevant information about the Proposed Agreement can be found on the Resources tab:

  • Proposed Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2026
  • Agreement explanation
  • Approval process and Frequently Asked Questions

A number of documents are referenced in the Proposed Agreement and can be located via the following links:

Victorian legislation referenced in the Proposed Agreement may be accessed at https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/

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