"We have lost 40 per cent of our wage and in the next two weeks, we will have lost 100 per cent of our wage … people just have no income and they still have to … pay their mortgages," she said.
Meatworkers at JBS are hired under a regular daily labour hire model, which meant they received a 10 per cent pay loading but could be stood down on 24 hours' notice.'JobKeeper needs to be reassessed' Australasian Meat Industry Employees Queensland branch secretary Matt Journeaux said companies typically stood down staff when there was a disruption in the supply chain.
"When there is unavailability of stock or weather events where animals can't be mustered out of paddocks, they can be stood down for periods of time," Mr Journeaux said.Mr Journeaux said numerous meat processing plants that used labour hire companies for employment did manage to get JobKeeper payments because they only had to show a 30 per cent fall in revenue, and this made it even harder for JBS.
The spokesman said the company had contacted senior members of the Federal and Queensland governments to appeal for changes to allow the company to access the allowance."It makes us feel really bad. A lot of people have lost their jobs recently and they are earning more than what we are and we are working."
So pensioners get means tested, but companies should not? Which other companies are paying dividends and receiving government support ?
'Meatworkers at JBS are hired under a regular daily labour hire model, which meant they received a 10 per cent pay loading but could be stood down on 24 hours' notice.' So they get paid more incase it happens but now that it has happened they want more?