@chameleon54 wrote:
@davidc4430 wrote:
it really is showing that when push comes to shove the PM is ignored by pretty much everyone
having him on the telly imploring business to not sack workers but to keep the faith as his govt grapples with this disaster looks great but isnt going to do anything.
the mighty $ is what matters
we are on the cusp of seeing hundreds of thousands of people told, "go home and wait for us to call you."
"oh, and while your waiting, live on no income"
this is going to be the bigest headache this govt is about to face and you cant buy paracetamol!
In the case of the recent Qantas announcement I think you are being a bit disingenuous. From the reports on the media tonight including the airline workers union rep, it appears the permanent employees are being asked ( forced ) to take all accrued leave etc. but are still receiving weekly income from the company.
Yes many of the casuals have been made redundant and yes many other people ( including huge numbers of small business owners / bosses ) will undoubtedly become unemployed but it appears Qantas is pulling out all stops to manage the employment crisis as best it can. And hats off to Allen Joyce, ( Qantas CEO ) He's already leading from the front, by not drawing a salary for the duration of the crisis. He is one of our top business people showing true leadership.
My understanding is that they are being stood-down , like temporary retrenchment , with access to accrued leave , holiday pay etc and the kindly guaranteed of resumed employment after the crisis has passed .
QANTAS offers resumed employment , no springs attached, the workers avail themselves to resume work at QANTAS at the expense of not changing employers ( although can )
QANTAS offers continued employment , the Workers offer continued skilled labour with zero retraining
QANTAS trades with better bottomline that ensures survival , Workers effectively in reserve to QANTAS suffer living life at mostly much lower inputs with now stressing financial obligations until resumption.
QANTAS trades with massive reduction in overheads with maybe proportionally less profit , maybe not, crisis over then ramps up services , seeking to return to normal, so recalls workers who are now suffering from personal and critical nett loss of input earnings - Seems the workers might have a case to claim the balance of lost earnings that they endured because of the unexpected national calamity and their willingness to wait to resume employment at effectively their still current place of employment.
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