(Reuters) –     Australia’s Qantas Airways said on Tuesday it had reached a settlement with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) over a compensation of A$120 million ($76.20 million) to be paid to three former ground handlers who were sacked in 2020. ($1 = 1.5748 Australian dollars)  (Reporting by Rajasik Mukherjee; Editing by Sonia Cheema)

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A fund will be established in early 2025 and compensation will be paid directly to the former employees.

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Qantas and the Transport Workers Union have agreed to set up a compensation fund for payments to be sent to 1,820 impacted former employees who were outsourced by the airline.

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Qantas will have to pay 1800 former workers a total of $120 million after it was found to have illegally sacked and outsourced baggage handlers during the pandemic.

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Qantas has struck a deal to compensate more than 1800 workers to the tune of $120 million after the Federal Court found they were illegally sacked.

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Qantas will pay $120 million (US$76 million) to 1,820 workers who were illegally outsourced at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The airline has reached an agreement with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) on the total compensation amount, to be paid from early 2025.
This settlement follows a High Court judgement that upheld the outsourcing of baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, and ground support staff as unlawful.
In October 2024, Fede…

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Qantas will pay $120 million in compensation to the more than 1800 workers it illegally outsourced during the pandemic.The airline today announced it had reached an agreement with the Transport Workers Union ﻿(TWU) over the compensation, after the Federal Court ordered it to pay three former employees a combined $170,000 in a test case in October.That followed a High Court decision to uphold the ruling that Qantas unlawfully sacked baggage handl…

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