Post by corsair67 on Sept 2, 2006 14:22:42 GMT 12
If this is true, then this is certainly very good news.
Of course, I dare say that if the former Ansett employees had the chance they would have prefered to have kept their jobs in the first place. I still believe there are many questions about Air NZ's involvement in the final collapse of Ansett that will probably never be answered.
This story is from AAP
Ansett workers receive full payout
September 01, 2006.
FORMER employees of failed Australian airline Ansett have now received 100 per cent of their entitlements, according to the federal Government.
The airline collapsed in 2001 leaving more than 16,000 people without jobs.
Today, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews welcomed a further dividend payment to the former Ansett workers, saying they have now received a total of $650.5 million.
More than half of the money, $382.9 million, was advanced by the federal Government under its Special Employee Entitlements Scheme for Ansett group employees.
"Under SEESA, all terminated Ansett employees have received 100 per cent of their outstanding wages, annual leave, long service leave, pay in lieu of notice and up to eight weeks redundancy pay," Mr Andrews said in a statement today.
Mr Andrews has denied recent reports the government has profited from the Ansett collapse via an airline ticket levy.
"The Ansett ticket levy was set up to meet the costs of payments and not pay the entitlements directly as has been claimed," he said.
"Any surplus from the ticket levy will be used for the benefit of aviation and the tourism sector, including a commitment to improve security for regional airports."
Of course, I dare say that if the former Ansett employees had the chance they would have prefered to have kept their jobs in the first place. I still believe there are many questions about Air NZ's involvement in the final collapse of Ansett that will probably never be answered.
This story is from AAP
Ansett workers receive full payout
September 01, 2006.
FORMER employees of failed Australian airline Ansett have now received 100 per cent of their entitlements, according to the federal Government.
The airline collapsed in 2001 leaving more than 16,000 people without jobs.
Today, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews welcomed a further dividend payment to the former Ansett workers, saying they have now received a total of $650.5 million.
More than half of the money, $382.9 million, was advanced by the federal Government under its Special Employee Entitlements Scheme for Ansett group employees.
"Under SEESA, all terminated Ansett employees have received 100 per cent of their outstanding wages, annual leave, long service leave, pay in lieu of notice and up to eight weeks redundancy pay," Mr Andrews said in a statement today.
Mr Andrews has denied recent reports the government has profited from the Ansett collapse via an airline ticket levy.
"The Ansett ticket levy was set up to meet the costs of payments and not pay the entitlements directly as has been claimed," he said.
"Any surplus from the ticket levy will be used for the benefit of aviation and the tourism sector, including a commitment to improve security for regional airports."