Straight from the Workplace Website
workplace.gov.au - How your GEERS claim will be assessed
You may be eligible for GEERS assistance if you:
- lost your employment because your former employer became bankrupt or a liquidator was appointed and are owed employee entitlements, and
- lodge your claim within 12 months of losing your job or the date of which your former employer became bankrupt or went into liquidation, whichever is the later.
You may also be eligible for GEERS assistance if you:
- resigned following the appointment of an Insolvency Practitioner (IP), or
- resigned or your employment was terminated within six months before the appointment of an IP.
You may be eligible to receive assistance under GEERS for the following employee entitlements:
- up to three months unpaid wages for the period prior to the appointment of the insolvency practitioner (including amounts deducted from your wages, such as for superannuation, but not passed on to your superannuation fund)
- all unpaid annual leave
- all unpaid long service leave
- up to a maximum of 5 weeks unpaid payment in lieu of notice, and
- up to a maximum of 16 weeks unpaid redundancy entitlement.
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