Airline catering company dnata has told staff it will cut 1000 jobs after Australia's domestic and international border closures in effect stopped its business overnight | nickbonyhady
Airline catering company dnata has told staff it will cut 1000 jobs after Australia's domestic and international border closures in effect stopped its business overnight.because it is ultimately owned by the government of Dubai, had already stood down thousands of workers and let go 1100 contractors before Monday's announcement.
Transport Workers Union boss Michael Kaine accused the federal government of responsibility for dnata's woes.In a memo to employees seen by this masthead on Monday, dnata said the exact number of redundancies was yet to be determined but "it will be in the order of 1000 roles from our workforce at this stage".
A company spokesman said revenue at its catering business had fallen 90 per cent because of the pandemic."Considering this operating environment, and like so many other organisations that have been impacted, we have had to take steps such as standing employees down and we have to make these changes now," the spokesman said. "Unfortunately, our employees have been denied JobKeeper support.
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