From my HR Manager: If the Company is in liquidation then the employee becomes a creditor, if it just shut its doors then possibly the Dept of Workplace Relations to ensure that the termination was legal. Also was there ever anything re. termination/redundancy put in an Employee Manual or offer of employment letter? Workplace Relations offers employers, employees and the general public access to online information about wages and conditions, workplace relations policy and legislation, employee entitlements, work and family issues, Trades Recognition Australia and other workplace relations initiatives and services. =20 http://www.dewrsb.gov.au/ Regards, Marcus Amann Technical Publications Manager TOWER Software -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Janet Taylor Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2004 11:17 AM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Advice wanted for a newly unemployed technical writer The company in which one of our fellow Technical Writers worked has just been closed. She has received no termination payment, final pay, holiday pay and = recent superannuation and tax weren't paid. She was a full time permanent = employee for the past 14 years. Does anyone have any useful advice or sources of assistance that she can = use to help get any money from the wash-up of this company?=20 I'm sorry to say that the ASTC(NSW) isn't able to help in this instance. Thanks in advance..... (I shall print and hand over any replies to her.) ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to = austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to = austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject = field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to = www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to = austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************