Mosaic Agreement

12/03/2025

Thank you to the over 100 Mosaic workers who joined the SDA online last night to hear from the National Secretary Gerard Dwyer and from Kylee and Joe from the Department of Employment of Workplace Relations.

View the Presentation Here

28/02/2025

Today the Labor Government announced they will grant affected Mosaic employees’ early access to the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG). This is an enormous benefit for Mosaic employees during challenging times.

The SDA has been pushing for this fast-tracked access throughout the ‘receivership period’ as it is crucial for Mosaic employees to have access to their entitlements as soon as possible.

FEG is a government scheme that provides financial assistance for employees who are impacted by their employer going into liquidation.

How will this work?

All affected Mosaic employees will have access to apply for the scheme once their employment with Mosaic has finished.

You will be able to apply to have your unpaid entitlements paid out earlier, instead of having to wait until the Mosaic Brands Group has been officially placed into liquidation – followed by a lengthy process of disbursement. Early release does involve a process which will take some time, but it will be months earlier than the liquidation alternative and it provides much greater certainty.

Eligible workers will be able to claim up to 13 weeks of unpaid wages, unpaid annual leave, long service leave, payment in lieu of notice (up to five weeks), and redundancy pay (up to four weeks per full year of service capped as per the standard scale). The SDA is here to assist members in this process in the months ahead.

Read more about the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) https://www.dewr.gov.au/fair-entitlements-guarantee.

The SDA welcomes this action taken by the Labor Government to genuinely support Mosaic employees and ensure they receive their unpaid entitlements.

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Murray Watt will be meeting with some affected Mosaic members today.

The SDA will continue to keep you updated throughout this process.

Support for Mosaic Brands members – Voluntary Administration & Liquidation

29 January 2025

Mosaic Brands is now unlikely to be sold.

There are no potential buyers which means that the liquidation of the company appears inevitable.

What is liquidation?

Liquidation is the term used to describe the process of closing an insolvent business.

A third party, known as the liquidator, is appointed to sell the remaining assets of the business and engage with the remaining creditors (which includes employees).

What does this mean for employees?

In the event that the company is liquidated, all employees will be made redundant and your employment at Mosaic Brands will be terminated.

Upon termination, you will be entitled to payment for any accrued entitlements such as annual leave and redundancy.

When will I be paid my entitlements?

If liquidation occurs, the SDA has been advised by Administrators/Receivers that the payment of entitlements accrued before 27 October 2024 would not be paid until July 2025.

This is unacceptable and the SDA is arguing in relevant forums for the Department of Workplace Relations to have these payments are brought forward.  This work by the SDA continues.

At this stage the Receivers/Administrators continue to make assurance that all entitlements will be paid in due course, however they are not prepared to guarantee that payment will be made on an employee’s last day of work.

The SDA will continue to press that these entitlements should be paid on an employee’s last day.

It is critical to know that if you leave your employment before you receive a notice of termination you will not be eligible for redundancy entitlements.

Alternative Employment Options

The SDA is speaking to Mosaic and reaching out to other fashion employers on behalf of members to explore future employment options. You will find an ‘Employment Services Guide’ link on the Mosaic intra-net and members are encouraged to use that. The SDA are working behind the scenes to maximise future employment opportunities with the other fashion companies.

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has also advised that the below employers have current vacancies:

Super Retail Group (Rebel, BCF, Supercheap, Macpac)
Susan Group (Susan, Susan Grae, Sportsgirl)
Bunnings
Price Attack
Coles
Woolworths

The SDA will continue to keep you informed of any developments. We’re here to support you every step of the way. If you have any questions, please contact your SDA Branch.