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,

After Qantas was ordered by the Federal Court to compensate 1,700 former workers, an industrial relations lawyer says the airline will still have saved millions of dollars once it pays its legal bills,

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The Federal Court has ordered Qantas must pay $170,000 in compensation to three workers who were illegally sacked by the airline during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qantas has been ordered to pay out $170,000 to three ground workers illegally sacked during the Covid pandemic, as part of a test ruling that could see the airline hit with millions in costs.The Federal Court ruled in 2021 that Qantas had acted illegally when it fired 1,

A justice has ordered Qantas to pay three workers over $100,000 in what is expected to be a standard-setting payout during Federal Court pursuit over 1700 job cuts.

Qantas has been ordered to pay an eye-watering amount to compensate three of the 1700 workers who were illegally fired during the Covid pandemic.