Textiles redundancy aid
PA Wellington Details of measures to help employees in the textile industry who lose their jobs because of the Government’s textile industry development plan are being completed, the Minister of Labour (Mr Bolger) has said. The proposed measures would concentrate on pro-
moting desirable changes by helping employees to obtain new jobs through help with job search, retraining and relocation. it “Government assistance will not be available towards meeting the costs of normal commercial adversities which are, and should continue to be, the ■ /responsibility of the private com-
mercial sector,” he said. He was commenting on union criticism of the alleged lack of Government action on job-training because of the closing soon of Fibremakers (N.Z.), Ltd, plant at Mount Victoria, Wellington, and the passing into receivership of Mosgiel, Ltd, of Dunedin.
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