Rosella entitlements protected by fed govt ROSELLA workers who lost their jobs when their western Sydney factory closed will have their entitlements protected under a federal government scheme. Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten on Friday announced that the 70-odd workers at the Seven Hills site would be able to draw on the Fair Entitlements Guarantee. Under the guarantee workers will be able to recover entitlements such as up to three months unpaid wages, unpaid long service and annual leave, and redundancy payments. Mr Shorten said the Seven Hills workers - who were notified of the factory closure last week - would have been out of pocket without access to the scheme. Rosella's owner Gourmet Food Holdings went into receivership in November. "After receiving clear advice from administrators that affected Rosella companies will go into liquidation, we can now move to ensure workers can access around $1.6 million worth of entitlements owed to them," Mr Shorten said in a statement. This is not compensation - this is money which rightfully belongs to these workers.