Ipswich meatworkers stood down by company not eligible for JobKeeper payments
Workers from Australia's largest abattoir have been stood down without pay for two weeks, a move blamed on industry competition and the inflexibility of the JobKeeper supplement.
JBS Australia's plant at Dinmore, in Ipswich west of Brisbane, employs 1,700 workers and can process 3,400 cattle per day.
Workers have told the ABC that over the past eight weeks, 40 per cent of their shifts have been cancelled and they face an uncertain future because the company is not eligible for JobKeeper payments.
Under the Australian Government's JobKeeper eligibility criteria, companies with more than $1 billion in revenue must show a 50 per cent drop in turnover, while companies earning below that amount only have to demonstrate a 30 per cent fall in income.
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2020-08-20 21:37:00Z
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