‘Totally untenable’: Calls for ABC head to step down following Antoinette Lattouf decision
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) has called for an ABC head to step down following the Fair Work Commission’s ruling on Antoinette Lattouf this week.
On Monday, the Commission ruled that Lattouf was terminated from her role as a fill-in radio presenter last December after she shared a social media post accusing Israel as using starvation as a “weapon of war”.
The ruling means that Lattouf will now be able to pursue an unfair dismissal case in Federal Court.
In a statement, acting director of MEAA Media, Michelle Rae, said ABC’s “mishandling” of Lattouf’s employment has damaged its “integrity and reputation”, while also taking aim at its head of content, Chris Oliver-Taylor.
This is totally wrong. Lattouf was asked and requested by her employer the ABC not to post political content and she ignored them and posted it.
If my employer requested I not do something and I did it I would expect to be terminated as she was. Why is this unfair dismissal? Typical narcissistic personality disorder where she thinks she can do what she wants without any repercussions. I hope the ABC wins in this case and she is forced to pay the legal costs.
How does this work? She was employed on a casual contract & she was paid out for all days that she was booked. How can that be unfair dismissal? Genuine question with regard to employment law