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Hearings begin to determine penalty for Qantas over outsourcing of ground handlers
Qantas could be forced to pay more than $120m in penalties, as the final hearings begin of what has been a years-long, costly legal process after the airline was found to have illegally outsourced 1,820 ground handlers.
Not only was it an appalling act to get rid of a loyal workforce, it was the biggest case of illegal sackings in Australian corporate history. The penalty to Qantas must reflect this and send a message to every other company in Australia that you cannot sack your workers to prevent them from using their industrial rights.
I spoke to him about my mother who would be, I’m sure, looking down from heaven with the biggest smile she’s ever had.