Cricket Australia has approached supermarket giant and one of its sponsors Woolworths to help with temporary jobs for its staff laid off until the end of June due to a financial crunch caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Cricket Australia is currently not eligible for the federal government’s JobKeeper support program having lost no major revenue streams from cancelled matches.
“I wrote to Brad Banducci the CEO of Woolworths given that Woolworths is among organisations that need more staff at the moment,” CA chief executive Kevin Roberts was quoted as saying by ‘SEN Radio’ here.
“Our people and culture team are also working with other organisations who are in the habit of placing people in organisations and industries that have a temporary need for more people.”
Roberts also said that a home international season played without crowds would hit their revenues.
“Our revenue from ticket sales you could put a ring around 40-50 million Australian dollars depending on the season. So that is significant obviously, and something that goes into our planning.
“So we’re doing those things proactively…as much as we hate making those sorts of decisions we had to make last week.
“The other side of that coin is certainly that we’re supporting our people and looking for even temporary opportunities for them to be involved and earning income elsewhere when their income is reduced from cricket,” he explained.
