Qantas is facing a multi-million-dollar compensation bill after it illegally sacked hundreds of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Federal Court ordering three former employees will receive a share of $170,000. At the Federal Court in Sydney on Monday, Justice Michael Lee ruled that Qantas would be required to pay varying degrees of compensation based on three "test cases". …
The Federal Court has largely found in favour of the Transport Workers Union against Qantas in a case challenging the outsourcing of about 2,000 ground crew jobs by the airline. Key points: The Federal Court has ruled that Qantas's outsourcing of its ground crew work breached the Fair Work Act Justice Lee found the airline failed to prove that its …