ABC could have underpaid redundancy entitlements, union claims as it starts Fair Work Commission case

The union for journalists, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), is taking the ABC to the Fair Work Commission over concerns the public broadcaster underpaid staff owed redundancy entitlements.

The union confirmed to Mumbrella it has lodged a notice of dispute in the Commission about the voluntary redundancy payments, which the ABC calculated on a pro rata basis.

The broadcaster defended its redundancy calculations, however, issuing a statement which said: “The ABC’s method of calculating severance pay for employees who have periods of part-time service has been in place for over two decades, and is consistent with the SBS and public service entities.