CEO Update #6 - 31 March 2020
Good Morning Team,
Things are changing constantly as the Australian Government reacts to both the Health and the subsequent Economic crisis we all face.
To date Motorama has acted with patience, to better understand the landscape that is changing so quickly around us. We believe this has paid off as we have in the main kept everyone employed either full time or on a temporary "stand down" basis.
The new Government Jobkeeper program is no different. At this stage the legislation is being drafted and will be passed through Parliament in the next 48 hours. We believe the new initiative will have positive aspects that should bring benefit to Motorama as a company and you as an employee. However we need to understand the legislation in its entirety before we draw any conclusions. As we need to ensure that Motorama qualifies and also better understand what it means for you our team members.
We will look to provide everyone an update this Friday afternoon by 5:00pm or sooner as we understand and confirm our position.
In the meantime we will look to evaluate the work available and stand down employees as required. For that reason it is important that you still register for Government Entitlements through the....
How to register your intention to claim a Centrelink payment
Once we understand the new Jobkeeper regulation it is a straight forward process to enrol our employees both "Working" and "Stood Down" into the Jobkeeper program with the ATO, negating for team members to seek payments through the Jobseeker platform via centrelink.
Please direct any questions through to your General Manager and they will put them forward at our daily catch up.
Kind Regards,
Mark Woelders
Managing Director