PUTTING THE GAP ON REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS.

The article discusses the implications to Australian coal mine workers of the Coal Mining Industry Employer Group's (CMIEG) call for the capping of redundancy payments at nine years. Topics discussed include the possible resurgence of black lung disease, workers' entitlement to severance pay of one week for each working year and two weeks' pay for each year in terms of retrenchment, and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's (CFMEU) opposition to the proposal.