![]() ![]() This, Palmer said, has led the board to take the difficult decision to take Today FM off-air and to explore options for a digital content offering. “At the request of the MediaWorks board we have undertaken a review of the entire business to identify further areas of potential cost saving and to reshape the business for the market conditions.” In a statement, the company said: “As this is an ongoing employment matter, we are working through the process and cannot comment further at this stage.”Ī separate statement, attributed to Palmer, read: “MediaWorks, like the whole advertising sector in New Zealand and internationally, continued to be impacted by an environment with lower revenues and higher costs. Palmer referred the Herald’s questions about any potential legal action or staff compensation to MediaWorks’ corporate communications team when asked for comment. Venter said none of the clients he represented in other cases had experienced anything similar to Today FM’s closure and he would have expected the workers to have some form of “heads-up”. Shine Lawyers employment lawyer Peter Venter told the Herald he would be surprised if “nothing comes of this” and believed it could lead to legal action. ![]() Given the number of affected staff, Hornsby-Geluk said, it could be “very costly” to MediaWorks if they all raised successful personal grievances. ![]() Hornsby-Geluk said unless circumstances made it impossible, employers were required to speak with workers in “good faith” when a potential redundancy situation occurred. “The abrupt announcement and lack of warning” would be factors which Hornsby-Geluk believed would exacerbate this “and lead to higher awards of damaged” if it was the first staff had heard of the closure.Įmployees could also potentially claim loss of wages if alternatives to closing the station down may have been possible. As a contractor, radio host Dave Letele is not eligible to get redundancy pay. ![]()
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