Since 2011, deliberations have been ongoing in connection with severance pay for the Pelican workers, that were laid off.
SZV has reported that not all of the workers fit the requirements to receive their pay, as they were to have signed in to the cessantia within a year of their dismissal. But due to the fact that in 1995 when Pelican declared bankruptcy and a worker went to court with them and won, seeing that she knew nothing about that specific rule, they are awaiting the file on that case from Curacao, and when found, the workers that did not sign in, will be considered to still receive their pay due to their lack of knowledge of the rule from SZV.
However, upon receiving their payments, taxes will be deducted and if there are workers that owe AOV, a certain amount will be witheld in order for that to be paid.