Qantas illegally sacked 1,700 ground staff during Covid-19 lockdowns, Australia's High Court ruled Wednesday, dismissing an appeal by the airline and opening up the prospect of hefty compensation. The High Court said it agreed with that ruling, unanimously dismissing Qantas's appeal.
ruled Wednesday, dismissing an appeal by the airline and opening up the prospect of hefty compensation.
The 102-year-old airline is already under fire over soaring ticket prices, allegations it sold tickets for cancelled flights, and claims that it pressured theAustralia's Federalruled last year that Qantas's outsourcing of ground staff jobs at the height of the pandemic was illegal despite its stated"commercial imperatives".
The court said Qantas had failed to disprove that one reason for the mass sacking was to prevent the workers from taking industrial action in the future.The Transport Workers Union , which took Qantas to court over the layoffs, hailed the decision and called for the airline's board to be replaced.
"The final act of this board should be to strip Alan Joyce of his bonuses and follow him out the door."He called on Qantas's new chief executive Vanessa Hudson to publicly apologise to the sacked workers and commit to a"speedy and non-adversarial" approach to court hearings on compensation and penalties.
"The decision to outsource the remainder of the airline's ground handling function was made in August 2020, when borders were closed, lockdowns were in place and no COVID vaccine existed," it said.to improve its ability to survive and ultimately recover."
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