Qantas has lost a High Court appeal over sacking 1,700 workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the court finding the airline illegally outsourced the jobs.
On Sept. 13, the high court unanimously upheld an entire federal court decision exposing the national carrier to a hefty compensation bill for dismissing 1,683 Qantas ground staff across ten airports in Australia during November 2020, finding it to be a breach of the Fair Work Act.
