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The lower-ranking Federal Court in 2021 found Qantas broke the law by outsourcing the ground handling jobs, but the airline appealed the ruling in the High Court which upheld the decision on Thursday.
After a failed conciliation attempt through the Australian Human Rights Commission, Ms Fullerton is now taking Qantas to the Federal Court, alleging disability discrimination and seeking a change ...
Australia’s Federal Court on Monday set out the principles for compensation for almost 1,700 former workers who lost their jobs after Qantas decided to outsource ground handling during the ...
The Federal Court has twice upheld an original ruling that Qantas had illegally sacked the workers in October 2020 to prevent them from exercising their workplace right to take industrial action.
Lawyers for the airline argue for a mid-range fine on the third day of hearings to determine how much it will need to pay for illegally outsourcing workers.
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 ...
Federal Court judge Michael Lee has eviscerated Qantas for a “lack of candour” throughout a long-running unlawful outsourcing case where the airline is seeking to limit its penalty to no more ...
The Federal Court ruling has also required lawyers for both Qantas and the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) to negotiate a final compensation figure for the income lost by the 1,700 affected employees.
Qantas will be hit a compensation payout in the tens of millions - over the illegal mass sacking of ground crew workers during the pandemic. After last year's high court decision, a Judge has now ...
The Federal Court earlier found that Qantas had acted against protections in the Fair Work Act in its outsourcing and was partly motivated by a desire to prevent industrial action.
Australia’s Federal Court on Monday set out the principles for compensation for almost 1,700 former workers who lost their jobs after Qantas decided to outsource ground handling during the ...
Federal Court judge Michael Lee has eviscerated Qantas for a “lack of candour” throughout a long-running unlawful outsourcing case where the airline is seeking to limit its penalty to no more ...