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Friday 22nd June, my boss told me that as he was closing half of the business down, I would not have a job after the end of July.
"Happy Birthday John. "I thought, as I was to turn 63 the following thursday [28th].
Immediately I was home that night, I went online to see what jobs were available and applied for around 15 jobs. Only to learn on the Monday morning [befor 9am] That I had not gotten two of the jobs. One I had expected a rebuttal, the other was a surpise. The others I've never heard from. On contacting my partner who was living in Southern New South Wales, it was agreed that I would take over that residence so that he could go off to pursue something he has been skirting around for some years.
So I began to apply for jobs down there too.
Time for moving came and went and just before moving I received, first a letter from one place and an email from another that I had not got the job applied for. A week after arriving at my new home I finally received a reply about the other two jobs for which I had originally applied for here.
Wayne Swan has been going on about the number of new jobs that have been filled by Mature Aged Workers. I can't understand his excitement. It is obvious now as it was nine years ago when I was looking for work, that, age was the major barrier to getting a job.
Of the four jobs applied for here. Three were with Woolworth, who in their local branch employ many mature aged people.
So I don't understand their rational.
In many cases, I think that most prospective employers look at what you have been doing rather than the skills you have and turn you down.
Regardless of the factor that I have forty six years of retail; experience in various positions, with both family businesses and Major Department Stores and have learned many skills. It seems that this is no account to working as a checkout chick.
In reality I think Mr Swan is wrong in his excitement.
Only two days prior to being told about what was to happen, I had read an article on Yahoo, where a group were wanting the government to raise the retirement age to SEVENTY. The chairman of National Seniors [of which I am a Member] came out against this move with the factor that, an unemployed person under the age of Forty Five, can expect to be out of work for TWENTY TWO weeks, whilst someone older can expect to be out of work for SEVENTY TWO weeks.
I tallied that up, eighteen months for me and six months later I could retire.
Checking my superannuation as I need to access it to cover some debts, I found that I would not be able to work after accessing it [provided I had found a job].
Roll on Early Retirement I cried.
But the problem is that my former employer, because of no cash flow, has not paid me benefits I am entitled to and because of this I cannot even register for unemployed benefits.
Nor, it seems can he pay out what is owed for superannuation payments, so that I am unable to even access monies I have paid in to the fund.
It's a total bitch of a situation, but I'm not the only one losing out here.
Numerous companies go to the wall every day, both large and small, taking with them benefits that are rightfully the workers. It seems that many times the creditors come before the worker.
"Happy Birthday John. "I thought, as I was to turn 63 the following thursday [28th].
Immediately I was home that night, I went online to see what jobs were available and applied for around 15 jobs. Only to learn on the Monday morning [befor 9am] That I had not gotten two of the jobs. One I had expected a rebuttal, the other was a surpise. The others I've never heard from. On contacting my partner who was living in Southern New South Wales, it was agreed that I would take over that residence so that he could go off to pursue something he has been skirting around for some years.
So I began to apply for jobs down there too.
Time for moving came and went and just before moving I received, first a letter from one place and an email from another that I had not got the job applied for. A week after arriving at my new home I finally received a reply about the other two jobs for which I had originally applied for here.
Wayne Swan has been going on about the number of new jobs that have been filled by Mature Aged Workers. I can't understand his excitement. It is obvious now as it was nine years ago when I was looking for work, that, age was the major barrier to getting a job.
Of the four jobs applied for here. Three were with Woolworth, who in their local branch employ many mature aged people.
So I don't understand their rational.
In many cases, I think that most prospective employers look at what you have been doing rather than the skills you have and turn you down.
Regardless of the factor that I have forty six years of retail; experience in various positions, with both family businesses and Major Department Stores and have learned many skills. It seems that this is no account to working as a checkout chick.
In reality I think Mr Swan is wrong in his excitement.
Only two days prior to being told about what was to happen, I had read an article on Yahoo, where a group were wanting the government to raise the retirement age to SEVENTY. The chairman of National Seniors [of which I am a Member] came out against this move with the factor that, an unemployed person under the age of Forty Five, can expect to be out of work for TWENTY TWO weeks, whilst someone older can expect to be out of work for SEVENTY TWO weeks.
I tallied that up, eighteen months for me and six months later I could retire.
Checking my superannuation as I need to access it to cover some debts, I found that I would not be able to work after accessing it [provided I had found a job].
Roll on Early Retirement I cried.
But the problem is that my former employer, because of no cash flow, has not paid me benefits I am entitled to and because of this I cannot even register for unemployed benefits.
Nor, it seems can he pay out what is owed for superannuation payments, so that I am unable to even access monies I have paid in to the fund.
It's a total bitch of a situation, but I'm not the only one losing out here.
Numerous companies go to the wall every day, both large and small, taking with them benefits that are rightfully the workers. It seems that many times the creditors come before the worker.
