QAN News: Australia's Qantas told to pay $114,000 to 3 sacked workers in landmark outsourcing case - 21st Oct 2024, 12:58pm

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By Byron Kaye

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A court on Monday ordered Australia's Qantas Airways to pay a combined A$170,000 ($114,000) to three baggage handlers it unlawfully sacked in 2020, implying a big damages bill for a lawsuit involving about 1,700 former workers whose jobs were outsourced.

Federal Court Judge Michael Lee said Qantas must pay each of the fired workers A$30,000, A$40,000 and A$100,000 respectively for non-economic loss to reflect the "harm sustained" when the airline laid off them ...

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