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,

Qantas has been ordered to pay compensation to three workers who were illegally dismissed during the COVID-19 pandemic, following a Federal Court ruling.

Qantas has been ordered by a Federal Court judge to pay $170,000 to three former employees after 1700 workers were found to have been illegally sacked by the airline during the Covid pandemic.

Qantas Airways Ltd. faces a multi-million dollar payout to almost 1,700 ground workers illegally fired during the pandemic after a court put the combined compensation for three test-case workers at A$170,

Qantas will be hit a compensation payout in the tens of millions - over the illegal mass sacking of ground crew workers during the pandemic. After last year's high court decision, a Judge has now ordered the airline to pay $170,

Qantas has been ordered to pay compensation of up to $100,000 to workers who were made redundant during the COVID pandemic.