Most of the thousands of staff affected by the collapse of mining services and recruitment firm Bluestone Group have been saved from unemployment.
Hoban Recruitment has agreed to take on all Bluestone office staff and its on-hire casual staff located around Australia.
Bluestone was placed into voluntary administration on Monday after efforts to seek out merger opportunities and new funding failed.
A deal was done on Tuesday to secure the positions of Bluestone workers in the NSW Hunter Valley, transferring them to other labour hire companies.
Bluestone had about 3,500 contract workers - such as truck drivers and machinery operators - and 180 full-time staff, across several subsidiary businesses.
Hoban will be granted access to Bluestone's databases and records to help with the transition of staff and contracts.
"This agreement will facilitate an orderly transition of employees and client contracts on a 'business as usual basis' which is particularly pleasing given the difficult circumstances," Bluestone's joint liquidator and administrator Craig Shepard said.
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