The Federal Court of Australia has ruled that, in November 2020, Qantas illegally dismissed 1,700 ground workers at 10 airports across the country and replaced them with contractors.

The Australian flag carrier has been ordered by the court to pay three staff members AU 170,000 ($113,000). The amounts the three workers will receive break down as AU 30,000 ($20,000) AU 40,000 ($27,000) and AU 100,000 ($67,000) respectively, to cover “non-economic loss”. 

The three staff members’ compensation rulings are being considered as ‘test cases’ on which to base what the remaining 1,697 ground workers might receive from the carrier.

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