Unlawfully sacked Qantas workers to wait almost six years for compensation
He found the company was motivated in part by trying to prevent the workers from exercising their lawful right to take industrial action to bargain for higher wages. Qantas fought the case, which was first filed in 2020, all the way to the High Court, delaying the payouts for years. It eventually apologised in what Lee suggested was a half-hearted manner.The workers’ union, the Transport Workers Union, which funded the case, will get $50 million of that penalty, while $40 million will go to the affected ex-employees.
- ▪He found the company was motivated in part by trying to prevent the workers from exercising their lawful right to take industrial action to bargain for higher wages.
- ▪Qantas fought the case, which was first filed in 2020, all the way to the High Court, delaying the payouts for years.
- ▪It eventually apologised in what Lee suggested was a half-hearted manner.The workers’ union, the Transport Workers Union, which funded the case, will get $50 million of that penalty, while $40 million will go to the affected ex-employees.
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