SYDNEY (Bloomberg): Qantas Airways Ltd. was ordered to pay A$90 million ($59 million) for illegally sacking almost 2,000 ground workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, in a court judgment that included sharp criticism of the airline’s culture and raised questions about how much the company has changed.
In a ruling on Monday, the Federal Court of Australia told Qantas to pay A$50 million of the penalty directly to the Transport Workers’ Union, which had sued the airline over the firings.
