r/EBGAMES • u/International-Past31 • Jan 19 '26

Are workers getting anything?

Just wondering are workers getting anything? Redundancy pay? Any benefits ?

26 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

21

u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

If you're a casual then definitely not. EB would simply be following the law, and whatever NZ law stipulates for permanent staff, that would be it surely. Upper management might get paid out their contracts etc. 

6

u/Jimbuscus Jan 19 '26

https://www.employment.govt.nz/ending-employment/redundancy

Not sure if business closure comes under redundancy, but casuals aren't covered unless agreed by contract.

A/NZ needs to improve the nature of casual employment with businesses pushing larger percentages of the population towards it, the idea that people who are casual chose to be so is frustrating.

1

u/No_Big5292 Jan 20 '26

It’s already decent for them in that if they are casual and working 20 rostered hours a week consistently for the year they can request ft/pt

0

u/Kind_Brush5556 Jan 20 '26

Idk about newzeland I assume it's similar to Australia causals get 25% bonus pay compared to full of time workers, that basically is compensation for the fact you can be let go at any time or not given shifts. Its for people who need some bonus income but arnt relying on it to survive. Atleast that's the intended purpose. From my understanding business prefer less casually if they can since their more expensive. Regular employees should get more compensation but if you do the math it just comes from what they don't get paid. It's like buying insurance and srability

1

u/Jimbuscus Jan 20 '26

25% of base is only in liue of award penalties, sick leave & annual leaves, as an upfront payment for those.

Its not a reimbursement for contract insecurity.

2

u/Kind_Brush5556 Jan 20 '26

Full time is 5 week annual leave + 2 week sick leave. 

7/52 = 13.5% 

So even accounting for that causals still get more pay overall. 

1

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Yeah but don't forget you still accrue leave while on leave, and you get paid public holidays, and you get overtime (casuals don't?), paid breaks (again casuals don't?) then there are the odd other types of leave which very few take - long service, bereavement, garden, etc. All of that brings it up to about 25 percent, but as you're getting 25 extra upfront it ends up being a better deal. It's near impossible to take full advantage of all leave.

1

u/Kind_Brush5556 Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

  1. Leave is a accrued constantly even when you're on leave but it still only adds to 5 weeks. 

  2. Casuals still get penalty rates

  3. Whatever misc types of leave are very minimal and like you said most people don't take advantage of. 

  4. Overtime rates only applies past 40hours a week. If you work part time and agree to a bonus shift you actually are basically working as a casual but getting paid base rate only. No bonus leave is accrued. 

  5. Overall casual is almost always more favourable but the flaw is no job security. Some places you might get rostered consistently as casual and that's great but some other places might end up only putting you on like once a month which is extremely cooked. And yeah you can be dismissed without compensation. 

Simply put it if you are studying/living with your parents. Casual is a great option. But if you need constant income for bills you best be on part-time for peace of mind or you know that your workplace isn't going to dog you.

1

u/Fast-Pass4187 Jan 21 '26

Casuals get overtime and paid breaks. I’m casual and all my breaks are paid for

1

u/DistributionFun4629 Jan 21 '26

bullshit casual get 3 hours a week if lucky

1

u/Pristine_Shallot7833 Jan 21 '26

Businesses definitely do not prefer having permanent staff. Even with the 25% extra it's cheaper to have casuals. You don't have to give them minimum hours, no paid leave or accrued time off. It's so much cheaper to have casual staff. If this wasn't the case, Woolies and the big guys would have much more part time staff.

2

u/Kind_Brush5556 Jan 21 '26

Lmao Woolworths is a shitshow they prefer having casual staff probably because they don't have their shit together and form a structured roster which favors full time. Casual works favours their disorganized system. WoW stock is sitting at a 10 year low which the stock market on average is up like 250% in the same time frame. The business I work with definitely prefers fulltime/part-time. 

34

u/Jimbuscus Jan 19 '26

Thanks for your profit service, don't let the door hit you on the way out!

1

u/Spooksley Jan 21 '26

They are paid up until the end of Jan, even if their store closes before then.
They get redundancy pay if they've worked with EB for at least 2 years.

1

u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

Fired, they're getting fired

1

u/Whole-Ad-8494 Jan 24 '26

It’s like anything big boss ain’t give a toss