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Time of India
12 minutes ago
- Business
- Time of India
Qantas Airways fined $58 million over illegally sacking over 1,800 workers during pandemic - The Economic Times Video
Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, has been fined A$90 million ($58.64 million) for illegally sacking over 1,800 ground staff and replacing them with contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic, a court ruled on Monday (August 18). In imposing a penalty close to the maximum available for breaching Australia's workplace laws, Federal Court of Australia Judge Michael Lee said it was to ensure it 'could not be perceived as anything like the cost of doing business'.
Khaleej Times
40 minutes ago
- Business
- Khaleej Times
Qantas Airways fined $58 million for illegally sacking 1,800 workers during Covid-19
Qantas Airways Australia's largest airline, has been fined A$90 million ($58.64 million) for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff and replacing them with contractors during the Covid-19 pandemic, a court ruled on Monday (August 18). In imposing a penalty close to the maximum available for breaching Australia's workplace laws, Federal Court of Australia Judge Michael Lee said it was to ensure it 'could not be perceived as anything like the cost of doing business'. 'My present focus is on achieving real deterrence (including general deterrence to large public companies which might be tempted to 'get away' with contravening conduct because the rewards may outweigh the downside risk of effective remedial responses,' Lee said in a summary judgment. He said A$50 million ($32.6 million) of the penalty would be paid to the Transport Workers' Union, which brought the case on behalf of the 1,820 staff fired by Qantas during the pandemic. It comes around nine months after Qantas and the Union agreed on a A$120 million ($78.2 million) settlement for the sacked workers. Qantas shares were down 0.13 per cent in early trade.
Daily Maverick
2 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Maverick
Qantas fined $58 million over illegally sacking 1,800 workers during pandemic
In imposing a penalty close to the maximum available for breaching Australia's workplace laws, Federal Court of Australia Judge Michael Lee said it was to ensure it 'could not be perceived as anything like the cost of doing business'. 'My present focus is on achieving real deterrence (including general deterrence to large public companies which might be tempted to 'get away' with contravening conduct because the rewards may outweigh the downside risk of effective remedial responses,' Lee said in a summary judgment. He said A$50 million of the penalty would be paid to the Transport Workers' Union, which brought the case on behalf of the 1,820 staff fired by Qantas during the pandemic. It comes around nine months after Qantas and the Union agreed on a A$120 million settlement for the sacked workers. Qantas shares were down 0.13% in early trade. ($1 = 1.5349 Australian dollars)
Business Recorder
3 hours ago
- Business
- Business Recorder
Qantas fined $58 million over illegally sacking 1,800 workers during pandemic
SYDNEY: Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, has been fined A$90 million ($58.64 million) for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff and replacing them with contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic, a court ruled on Monday. In imposing a penalty close to the maximum available for breaching Australia's workplace laws, Federal Court of Australia Judge Michael Lee said it was to ensure it 'could not be perceived as anything like the cost of doing business'. 'My present focus is on achieving real deterrence (including general deterrence to large public companies which might be tempted to 'get away' with contravening conduct because the rewards may outweigh the downside risk of effective remedial responses,' Lee said in a summary judgment. He said A$50 million of the penalty would be paid to the Transport Workers' Union, which brought the case on behalf of the 1,820 staff fired by Qantas during the pandemic. It comes around nine months after Qantas and the Union agreed on a A$120 million settlement for the sacked workers. Qantas shares were down 0.13% in early trade.
New Straits Times
4 hours ago
- Business
- New Straits Times
Qantas fined US$58mil over illegally sacking 1,800 workers during pandemic
SYDNEY: Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, has been fined A$90 million (US$58.64 million) for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff and replacing them with contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic, a court ruled on Monday. In imposing a penalty close to the maximum available for breaching Australia's workplace laws, Federal Court of Australia Judge Michael Lee said it was to ensure it "could not be perceived as anything like the cost of doing business". "My present focus is on achieving real deterrence (including general deterrence to large public companies which might be tempted to 'get away' with contravening conduct because the rewards may outweigh the downside risk of effective remedial responses," Lee said in a summary judgment. He said A$50 million of the penalty would be paid to the Transport Workers' Union, which brought the case on behalf of the 1,820 staff fired by Qantas during the pandemic. It comes around nine months after Qantas and the Union agreed on a A$120 million settlement for the sacked workers.
