Retiree warns public servants after redundancy payout shock

Disappointed: Norm Baker was short-changed by nearly $20,000 in his redundancy package from the public service. Photo: Melissa Adams

When Norm Baker accepted a golden handshake from The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, he trusted his colleagues to get the numbers right.

He was wrong.

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Now the Canberra retiree says he has been short-changed by up to $17,000, looks set for a legal battle against his old department and is urging public servants taking redundancies to double-check the fine print.

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"The first offer they gave me was a little over $83,000, then the second formal quote was a little over $80,000," he said.

"So because they'd recalculated and had done the right thing, I thought in the end it might be very close to that number.

"But in my case it was substantially different.

"It's only a modest amount in the scheme of things, certainly compared to others, but it's significant to me."

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Retiree warns public servants after redundancy payout shock