SYDNEY: A court on Monday (Oct 21) ordered Australia's Qantas Airways to pay a combined A$170,000 (US$114,000) to three baggage handlers it unlawfully sacked in 2020, implying a big damages bill for a lawsuit involving about 1,700 former workers whose jobs were outsourced.
Federal Court Judge Michael Lee said Qantas must pay each of the fired workers A$30,000, A$40,000 and A$100,000 respectively for non-economic loss to reflect the "harm sustained" when the airline laid off them and their colleagues to prevent industrial action.
