ABC apologises for underpaying casual staff
The ABC has publicly apologised for potentially underpaying up to 2500 of its casual staff over the past six years after miscalculating penalties, allowances and loadings.
In a statement, the ABC said it had informed the Fair Work Ombudsman, the MEAA, and the Community and Public Sector Union which represents the bulk of the broadcaster’s workforce, after discovering the error.
The broadcaster said current and former casual employees who might be affected are being notified and the ABC is reviewing its processes to address the issue.
… what’s even funnier (in an ironic sorta way) than the story itself is all the usual suspects commenting in the Age and the SMH blaming “the LNP government” for the error. One or two even managed to conflate the fact that the problem had existed for six years with the number of years the coalition had been in power!