Sacked local government staff told they're ineligible for federal government's JobKeeper pay

When Laura left her job in the private sector to work for the local council, she thought she would have better job security.

Last week Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the $130 billion JobKeeper program.Last week, the federal government announced a $130 billion plan to subsidise the wages of up to six million Australians left unemployed due to the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The bulk of local government revenue comes from residential and commercial rates as well as grants from other levels of government.Lisa Darmanin is the Victorian and Tasmanian branch secretary of the Australian Services Union, which represents local government workers. She said several councils in Victoria have moved to sack large numbers of staff.

People will not be paid nearly in time enough. jobkeeper is a mess and many employers will not sign on as they run dodgy books and or to much paperwork plus the million plus that fall through the large holes. Centrelink is a miless and overloaded. Give it a week or two. Chaos

If council revenue is not affected, why do they need to stand down the workers? Theres plenty of things local council staff can be doing in the meantime.

They can apply for jobseeker...

Can't get Job Seeker or Job Keeper? Know what happens when people have no income and get hungry?... they steal.

Oh really? Turns out the fed govt's lazy pledges were for display purposes only? Zero surprises there and consistent with typical form🙄

Devil is Always in the Detail

I think it affects anyone who works for a branch of govt. casual teachers as well (not sure about private school casuals)

Older working Australians stood down or sacked are not eligible for job seeker if pension age. Better to go on the pension, go fishing and live on the public purse, no stress.

Jeepers and having spent all that money on changing rooms and pools in Sydney you would have thought they would be prioritised!

Luck of the draw. Unless MPs make a move, it is what it is.

Please report Centrelink is there for these casuals ScottMorrisonMP JoshFrydenberg

They’ll get the same dollars Centrelink

The 'fine print' - gets you all the time.

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Neither are any of the staff being stood down from higher education institutions -none qualify for jobkeeper status. the loopholes in the package are highly problematic and are leaving thousands of Australians with no assistance at all

How ridiculous! Centrelink 7NewsAustralia

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