About 270 Holden workers in Adelaide will lose their jobs ahead of the official shutdown of the company’s Elizabeth factory in 2017.
Workers were informed the 270 jobs will be shed from Holden this evening, with voluntary redundancies to be offered in the first instance.
Holden’s director of communications Sean Poppit yesterday said the redundancies followed from a drop in production from 290 cars a day to 240 as of May 25.
He attributed the drop in production to decreasing demand for domestically made cars.
The decision also was in line with the company’s decision to wind down their production of cars in Australia on a sliding scale to “ensure an orderly transition”, he said.
He said if the company did not get enough volunteers, workers would be approached.
The redundancies follow warnings by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union in November that workers who were able to secure full-time employment elsewhere should do so immediately.
Workers who voluntarily choose to leave the company ahead of the Elizabeth factory’s closure in 2017 would receive a reduced payout, state secretary John Camillo said at the time.
Despite this, Mr Camillo said an offer of full-time employment should be taken.
80 per cent of Holden workers have agreed to a final workplace agreement package for an average redundancy payout of $85,000.
The package is equal to four weeks pay for every year of service, plus four weeks severance pay.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/holden-to-axe-270-jobs-at-adelaide-factory/story-e6frg6nf-1227312491553
Workers were informed the 270 jobs will be shed from Holden this evening, with voluntary redundancies to be offered in the first instance.
Holden’s director of communications Sean Poppit yesterday said the redundancies followed from a drop in production from 290 cars a day to 240 as of May 25.
He attributed the drop in production to decreasing demand for domestically made cars.
The decision also was in line with the company’s decision to wind down their production of cars in Australia on a sliding scale to “ensure an orderly transition”, he said.
He said if the company did not get enough volunteers, workers would be approached.
The redundancies follow warnings by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union in November that workers who were able to secure full-time employment elsewhere should do so immediately.
Workers who voluntarily choose to leave the company ahead of the Elizabeth factory’s closure in 2017 would receive a reduced payout, state secretary John Camillo said at the time.
Despite this, Mr Camillo said an offer of full-time employment should be taken.
80 per cent of Holden workers have agreed to a final workplace agreement package for an average redundancy payout of $85,000.
The package is equal to four weeks pay for every year of service, plus four weeks severance pay.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/holden-to-axe-270-jobs-at-adelaide-factory/story-e6frg6nf-1227312491553