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Qantas settles with sacked workers for A$120m

Qantas still faces legal penalties over the case, and the likelihood of paying the union's costs

The workers were sacked as part of a cost cutting program under former chief Alan Joyce. Illustration: Michael Hickmott.

Qantas has agreed to pay A$120m ($132m) to more than 1800 former ‘below the wing’ employees whose sackings were found to be illegal in Australia’s High Court.

The airline has been in negotiations with the Transport Workers Union since September 2023, when Qantas lost a High Court appeal and

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Lachlan Colquhoun Wed, 18 Dec 2024
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