On wednesday went to work as usual & half an hour before knock off our whole staff was told to assemble in one group ! the upshot was your not getting your pay or any money as the shop is locking it,s doors today R Great No warning or pay & entitalments for 120 staff !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What is the company Bean??? Seems the lawyers will have to get involved with that one as what the company has done is illegal.

Hope things get better for you!

Neil

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Jobs go as engineering firm collapses - Yahoo!7
au.news.yahoo.com/latest/.../jobs-go-as-engineering-firm-collapses/22 hours ago - An engineering firm in Adelaide's northern suburbs has collapsed, leaving 120 workers out of the job. Priority Engineering Services has been trading for almost ...

Cheers for ya imput Niel Ya can see the story on yahoo.7 SA news yesterday, im meeting up with quite a few "Suspended employees" at 7.00pm this evening (just less than 1 1/2 hrs from now!) to discuss a Law suite as I mentioned just go to my States channel Seven's news, the report is their,they did not say one word about how this weeks pay & other money is held back !!! the adminerstrater tried to stop us taking our tools with us but they failed on that one!!!!!im sort of lucky I scored and started a new job Friday,but this gives PRIORITY ENGINEERING PTY LTD the right to take my Annual leave as I started a job without giving them "2 weeks notice"

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Geez....glad you have another job lined up;)Sorry Bean....keep looking up buddy!

Thanks Grn14 yer right their Bro !

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Don't know about Australia, but in the US (in every State I know about, at least) a company has to pay the workers for hours actually worked. Nothing more. If they do anything else, its on their own, not mandated by law.

A lot of folks don't know, a business doesn't legally have to give you breaks, or even a lunch period. Unions often address that first before everything else in negotiations. Good businesses (99.999%) give at least lunch period.

So when the company goes belly up suddenly, and goes into bankruptcy court, the court usually liquidates and pays the workers and creditors first. But sometimes there just isn't enough to go around.

So a lawsuit will bring it to a boil, but may not accomplish anything, because all a civil judge would say here is take it to bankruptcy court.

MD would direct the business to pay the employees, on pain of losing the right to do business in MD, but if you are already belly up, who gives a shit?

One exception to the bankruptcy court paying the employees and then creditors first, if the business is part of a federal bailout, history has shown that the workers and creditors get screwed. And they can't do anything about it.

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Stay strong bean, hope good news soon follows.

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Sorry Bean. I've been down this road too.

Very disheartening. Maybe other shops are looking for skilled folks?

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Sorry to hear the news mate. Lot of nasty people in this world.
Hope you enjoy your new job!

To Privateer,Romans,Hagrid,Neil & Grn14 thanks guys just for yer comments etc,I got inducted today (Monday) my second day & got home to hear on the radio's news im one of 80 out of the 120 that's unfortunately Terminated as of the 15th,so one door closes and a new one begins LOL so thanks anyway just for being their to chat,I know i'll get passed this & in the next six months it will be like a bonus payment when my money comes through,as I've just received very detailed imfo from the adminastrators confirming my redundancy package will now be resolved in due cause! it,s new law to protect the workers in SA rights before Creditors & directors & their relatives,they now are at the end of the waiting list !!!

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As it bloody well should be, good luck with the new job mate!

Neil

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Thanks Neil mate yes now im happy at Samech Engineering the owner Bloke Andrew is a great owner now after four days ive worked for his company it,s fantastic it,s more heavy Steel Fabrication work for me Bro cheers from ya South Ozzy ZX14r mate Stephen.

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Very Good Bean!Happy for ya Bro....;)

Go do a burn out and throw melted rubber all over their door. Won't help much but you'll feel better. Good luck with the new job.

Mad

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Glad it all worked out for ya bean.

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Very Good Bean!Happy for ya Bro....;)

Cheers mate hopefully in a few years when I go to USA to meet ya & all ZX14-R bros in USA in a few years bro!

Good luck with the new job.
Mad

Thanks Mad Cheers mate thankyou dericrey hopefully in a few years when I go to USA to meet ya & all ZX14-R bros in USA in a few years bro![quote] &

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hopefully in a few years when I go to USA to meet ya & all ZX14-R bros in USA

Come when the MotoGP is on at Laguna Seca. You can camp with us!

Mad

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Congratulations on the new job. Hope it works out well for you, my friend.

ZX14MAN64

Come when the MotoGP is on at Laguna Seca. You can camp with us!

It,s some time away fer me but will try to plan to see AS much as I can when I get their Bros

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Dude I've been rendered jobless, hopeless and searching. Glad things are back on track brotha, nothing says stress like the loss of income, especially for us blokes with kids and hefty mortgages. All the best to you, good things happen to good people!

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Cheers Cobbar alls great now Jobs OK good pay $2k take home per fortnight it,s higher cause it,s casual but the new boss is rapped with the Fabrication time work im doing,even got a small easter bunny an three we eggs for easter! just the thought behind that means alot to me LOL lifes back on trac now! have a nice home N all other things so im kinda lucky for a fifty year old Boilermaker with a stuffed right Leg getting work so quickly!

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