Help for Workers Who Have Recently Lost Their Jobs in the Automotive Manufacturing Industry

Help for workers who have recently lost their jobs in the automotive manufacturing industry

If you have been made redundant from an 2. Meet with your Job Services Australia eligible company in the automotive provider manufacturing industry (including component Your Job Services Australia provider will assess your suppliers), the Automotive Industry Structural circumstances in detail and provide you with intensive Adjustment Programme is available to help support services. This includes working with you to you find a new job. develop a tailored Employment Pathway Plan to help The programme can provide you with a range of you find another job as quickly as possible. tailored assistance and access to intensive employment 3. Directly register for Stream 2 services at your services. Job Services Australia provider To receive immediate access to the programme, For Job Services Australia providers to register you register with a local Job Services Australia provider of correctly in Stream 2 services you need to make sure your choice. you take your letter or other evidence of redundancy Your Job Services Australia provider will refer you to with you. Your Job Services Australia provider will the Department of Human Services to obtain check your eligibility¹. If you want to receive this information and register for income support. Your assistance, you should register with a Job Services eligibility for income support may be subject to Australia provider no earlier than three months prior to waiting periods. the date of your redundancy and within six months after the date of your redundancy. 1. How to register 2. Interpreter services 1. Choose a Job Services Australia provider near If you need assistance with language services, call the you National Customer Service Line on 1800 805 260 and To find your nearest Job Services Australia provider, they will help you with an interpreter. call 13 62 68 or visit jobsearch.gov.au and use the ‘Find a provider’ search.

¹ Job Services Australia providers will check the company you were made redundant from and if unsure how to register you, your Job Services Australia provider can contact the Department of Employment for advice by phoning 13 33 97 or emailing [email protected]. 3. Assistance for automotive applications and interview skills, training) to improve your employment prospects. In developing this plan, manufacturing industry workers your Job Services Australia provider will take into account your previous work history, skills and Skills and Training Programme education. Prior to accessing the Automotive Industry Structural Employment Pathway Fund Adjustment Programme you may have access, based on need, to targeted assistance, including career advice Your Job Services Australia provider has access to the about skills in demand, analysis of your current skills, Employment Pathway Fund which can be used to help skills assessment and gap training, mentoring and address job seekers vocational and non-vocational supervisory support to complete training, exposure to barriers to employment. potential employers while you are still employed For eligible automotive workers, this fund includes a through the Skills and Training Programme. Once $1,000 credit for Job Services Australia providers to administrative arrangements for the programme are use on services that will help you find and keep a new finalised more information will be available at job. www.industry.gov.au Your Job Services Australia provider will consider Job Services Australia your individual circumstances, the total pool of funds Job Services Australia providers will: available and the needs of the other job seekers they help with your résumé , job applications and interview look after. This means that Job Services Australia skills providers determine what support each of their job seekers receive from their Employment Pathway Fund discuss and record the types of work you would like to and the extent of that assistance, based on their do assessment of how to best assist each job seeker on provide information about new job opportunities in their path to sustainable employment. your area which are suited to you The Employment Pathway Fund may be used for: advise you on the best ways to look for work training to obtain tickets or licences provide information about how you can receive transport assistance training relocation costs to commence in employment help you access a range of vocational and non- vocational training courses. They may also be able access to an interpreter if you need one to help you with apprenticeship fees, training work clothing, uniforms and safety equipment courses and text books wage subsidies and work trials help you gain licences, certificates and other qualifications job search phone use help with the Australian JobSearch website and access essential work tools to job search facilities dental and optical services help you deal with any issues that might be making it pre-employment checks (including police checks for hard for you to find or keep work. Where it is work experience activities) appropriate, this may include access to counselling or other professional services. mental health support services, counselling, Employment Pathway Plan rehabilitation services (including drug and alcohol), personal development and self-esteem courses, Your Job Services Australia provider will meet with family mediation, financial counselling, anger you to develop an individually tailored Employment management courses Pathway Plan. An Employment Pathway Plan can help you to gain support and mentoring when you start an education sustainable employment. Your Employment Pathway placement or in a new job. Plan will record activities and appointments that you have agreed to undertake (e.g. job search, job You should talk to your Job Services Australia provider to discuss the best options for you. Job Search Facilities To assist you in your search for work, your Job Services Australia provider will provide you with facilities to access the internet to undertake job seeking activities, including updating and printing your résumé or searching and applying for jobs online. You will be able to access a range of job sites including Australian JobSearch at jobsearch.gov.au Help to manage your finances Job seekers with disability or mental health The Department of Human Services offers free, conditions unbiased financial information about your redundancy If you are a person with disability or have a mental package and government assistance. health condition and have special workplace support Eligibility for income support will depend on your needs, you may be eligible for Disability Employment personal circumstances, including your income and Services. A Disability Employment Services provider assets. If you are eligible for income support, it may can help you with specialist assistance and provide not be available for a period of time, depending on ongoing support to help you find and keep a job. Your leave or redundancy payments made to you. Job Services Australia provider can talk to you about your eligibility and help you have your eligibility For information call the Department of Human assessed if needed. Services on 13 23 00 or visit www.humanservices.gov.au For more information about how Disability Help for mortgage relief Employment Services providers can help you, or to locate your local service, call a JobAccess Adviser on If you are experiencing difficulty paying off a loan or 1800 464 800 or visit www.jobaccess.gov.au mortgage as a result of losing your job, you may be New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) able to postpone your mortgage loan repayments for up to 12 months. You will need to contact your NEIS assists eligible job seekers who are interested in financial institution or bank directly to find out if you starting and running a small business. NEIS provides are eligible. accredited small business training, business advice and Help to make the most of your money mentoring for 52 weeks for eligible job seekers, as well as ongoing income support for up to 39 weeks. If you need tips and tools to help you make the most Job seekers with access to Structural Adjustment of your money, visit www.moneysmart.gov.au Programmes are eligible to apply for NEIS and must Help with language, literacy and numeracy be referred to NEIS via their Job Services Australia or training Disability Employment Services provider. The Skills for Education and Employment programme We encourage you to discuss your eligibility for NEIS provides language, literacy and numeracy training to with your Job Services Australia Provider. More job seekers who find it hard to get work. information on NEIS can be found at http://www.employment.gov.au/new-enterprise- The Department of Human Services or Job Services incentive-scheme-neis Australia providers can refer you to a Skills for Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) Education and Employment provider. Employees who are owed certain employee If you are eligible, this programme will help you to entitlements after losing their job because their improve your reading, writing or maths skills with the employer went bankrupt or into liquidation may be expectation that such improvements will enable you to able to get financial help from the Australian participate more effectively in training or in the work Government. force. Training may be available on a part-time or a full-time basis. This help is available through the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG), a legislative safety net scheme of For more information contact your Job Services last resort, providing assistance for unpaid: Australia provider or visit www.industry.gov.au/see Help with English language tuition wages –up to 13 weeks of unpaid wages The Adult Migrant English Programme provides basic annual leave tuition in the English language. For more information long service leave and to find out if you are eligible for this assistance call 13 38 73 or visit www.industry.gov.au/amep payment in lieu of notice – maximum of five weeks redundancy pay – maximum of four weeks per full year of service In the 2014-15 Budget the Australian Government announced plans to reduce the maximum redundancy 6. For more information pay to a total payment of 16 weeks from For advice on Job Services Australia call 13 62 68 1 January 2015. or visit www.employment.gov.au/job-services- For more information visit australia-jsa www.employment.gov.au/feg or call the Fair Entitlements Guarantee hotline on 1300 135 040. For advice on services offered by the Redundancy entitlements Department of Human Services call 13 28 50 or visit www.humanservices.gov.au If you have been made redundant and believe you have not received the entitlements you are owed, For advice on coping with redundancy you can contact the Fair Work Ombudsman. The Fair Work contact the following services: Ombudsman will help you recover your outstanding entitlements. Call beyondblue on 1300 224 636 or visit www.beyondblue.org.au You can call the Fair Work Ombudsman on 13 13 94 or visit www.fairwork.gov.au Call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit www.lifeline.org.au 4. Your right to privacy The information in this brochure can also be Your personal information is protected by the Privacy found at www.employment.gov.au/help- Act 1988 and information about you may also be workers-who-have-recently-lost-their-job protected by the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (for example, if you are receiving income support). Your information may be shared between Job Services Australia providers, the Department of Employment, the Department of Human Services and other Australian Government departments and agencies, which enables the organisations to provide you with the most appropriate services to meet your needs. For more information speak to your Job Services Australia provider, the Department of Employment or visit www.privacy.gov.au 5. Our guarantee of service to you

Service Guarantee You will receive ongoing personalised employment services provided by your Job Services Australia provider. These services will be sensitive to your circumstances and background. To view all Service Guarantees visit www.employment.gov.au/job-seeker- servicing-what-you-can-expect Code of Practice Job Services Australia providers are contracted to deliver Australian Government funded employment services and have agreed and are committed to observe the Employment Services Code of Practice. To view the Code of Practice visit www.employment.gov.au/job-seeker-servicing-what -you-can-expect