Immediate focus is on aviation and road transport, including truck, bus and ride-share drivers, and food-delivery workers.

An Australian court fined Qantas A$90 million on Monday for illegally laying off 1,800 ground staff during the ...

Qantas has been ordered to pay a penalty of $90 million for illegally outsourcing 1,800 ground handling jobs during the Covid ...

While ending a five-year legal battle over the workers’ rights, for illegally laying off 1,800 ground staff during the ...

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has imposed the largest fine on a company under the Fair Work Act for illegally sacking ...

In a compelling address at the Australian Aviation Summit, former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has staunchly defended the difficult decisions made regarding employee layoffs during the pandemic.

These measures, while necessary, were not without their consequences. The airline faced significant backlash over its decision to outsource 1,800 ground handling jobs, which was later ruled illegal by ...

Federal Court judge Michael Lee’s frustration at the way Qantas defended an unlawful outsourcing case has boiled over in his ...

Qantas fined US$59m for illegally sacking 1,800 ground workers during the pandemic, as Australia’s Federal Court delivers ...

As he pondered the airline’s behaviour and whether there was any true 'contrition' in its growing number of apologies, Justice Lee was scathing, dismissing Qantas’ pangs of conscience as 'the wrong ...

The airline says it was not an official order and an employee has been told never to make the same mistake again.

Qantas has been handed a major court penalty after illegally sacking more than 1800 workers during the pandemic.