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Justice Michael Lee said Qantas sacked workers to prevent them from exercising their rights to bargain for better wages and conditions and to take industrial action. Further, Lee said that the evidence showed that Qantas management viewed the pandemic as a “transformational opportunity” for the airline. Three quarters have been unable to find full-time work since they were sacked and 77% of those who were sacked want their jobs back. ABC reported on July 30 the court was not convinced by Qantas senior executives that the decision to outsource the jobs was “not motivated, at least in part, by the fact the majority were union members and had various workplace rights under enterprise agreements”. ....
Federal Court decision on Qantas outsourcing ‘legal first’ Federal Court decision on Qantas outsourcing ‘legal first’ Share A Federal Court decision to penalise Qantas for the sacking of over 2,000 workers has been commended as a “legal first” that may have far-reaching consequences for other major companies that attempt to avoid collective bargaining. The Federal Court largely found in favour of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) who brought a case against Qantas after it replaced 2,000 crew jobs with contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic in its attempt to avoid collective bargaining for a new enterprise agreement. The court will now decide if it will reinstate the employees. ....
Qantas Loses Legal Battle With Union, Chooses to Appeal airlinegeeks.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from airlinegeeks.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Union Sues Qantas Airways Over Massive Pandemic Layoffs and Wins eturbonews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eturbonews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
‘Grave concerns’: Westpac accuses alleged fraudster of lying about assets We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Westpac has accused colourful soccer identity Bill Papas of lying in court documents . Mr Papas narrowly avoided being hit with contempt of court charges on Friday after he sent a long-overdue list of his assets and liabilities to the Federal Court, related to global freezing orders over his alleged fraud. Despite the threat of contempt charges falling away, Westpac was quick to tell the court it had grave concerns over the accuracy of statements in Mr Papas’ affidavit, accusing the alleged fraudster of lying. ....