The Federal Court of Australia has ordered Qantas to pay a record A$90 million penalty for illegally outsourcing 1,820 ground handling jobs in 2020, marking one of the largest penalties ever imposed under the Fair Work Act. Justice Michael Lee set the penalty at 75% of the maximum possible fine of approximately A$121 million, with A$50 million directed to the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) and the remaining A$40 million allocation to be decided at a future hearing. The penalty comes after years of litigation following Qantas’s 2020 decision to outsource baggage handling, cleaning, and ground operations roles during the pandemic … Continue reading Record A$90m Penalty Hits Qantas for Illegal Outsourcing: Judge Calls Out ‘Wrong Kind of Sorry’