A disability services labour hire company has entered voluntary administration and laid off 27 staff blaming regulatory changes, withheld NDIS payments and rising workforce costs.
United Foundation notified staff this week that administrators from Mackay Goodwin had been appointed in a move it described as a step to “keep trading while we sort the finances out”.
The move does not mean the company will necessarily wind up, but it does not guarantee survival either.
The company employs about 480 disability support workers for more than 1,000 NDIS participants in supported independent living settings in New South Wales and South Australia.
Many of the participants were caught up in the shock collapse of United Employment last year.
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