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Qantas Fined US$58 Million over Illegally Sacking 1,800 Workers During Pandemic
The Federal Court ruled Qantas illegally outsourced over 1,800 ground staff to reduce union power, imposing a record A$90 million fine as a deterrent, union officials said.
- Australia's Federal Court fined Qantas A$90 million for illegally sacking 1,820 ground staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
- The fine followed a five-year legal battle initiated by the Transport Workers' Union after Qantas outsourced the jobs to contractors.
- Qantas agreed in December 2024 to pay A$120 million in compensation to the affected employees and apologized via CEO Vanessa Hudson.
- Judge Michael Lee said the penalty should act as a 'real deterrence' and ruled A$50 million must go directly to the Transport Workers' Union.
- The ruling marks a major industrial victory deemed significant in Australia's history and sends a clear message to employers about workforce accountability.
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The Australian airline Qantas has been sentenced to a million sentences for illegal mass cancellations during the Corona pandemic. 1,800 employees had lost their jobs at the time.[more]]>
Qantas Airways has been fined a whopping 90 million Australian dollars (about 59 million US dollars) for illegally laying off 1,800 employees during the Covid-19 pandemic and outsourcing their jobs to external contractors.
The ‘wrong kind of sorry’: will a record fine for Qantas deter other companies from breaking the law?
On Monday, the Federal Court of Australia handed Qantas a record fine of A$90 million for breaching the Fair Work Act by unlawfully terminating the employment of 1,820 ground workers during the pandemic. The decision to impose this penalty – the largest ever issued under the Fair Work Act – marks the final instalment in a five-year litigation saga initiated by the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU). Delivering the ruling, Federal Court Justice Micha…
Qantas to pay record fine of $58 million for pandemic sackings criticized by judge
A court ordered Australia’s largest airline, Qantas Airways, on Monday to pay a record fine of A$90 million ($58.64 million) for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff during the COVID-19 pandemic and criticized it for a lack of contrition.
Australian court fines Qantas US$59 million for illegal COVID-19 layoffs
SYDNEY: An Australian court fined Qantas A$90 million (US$59 million) on Monday (Aug 18) for illegally laying off 1,800 ground staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, ending a five-year legal battle over the workers' rights. Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said he wanted the penalty to be a "real deterrence"
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