https://australianaviation.com.au Australia's Leading News Source in Aviation Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:50:26 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://australianaviation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-AAV0003_AustraliaAviation_Logo_Reversed-1-1.jpg https://australianaviation.com.au 32 32 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/compensation-looms-for-sacked-qantas-workers/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/compensation-looms-for-sacked-qantas-workers/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:50:45 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381457 The Federal Court will begin its compensation hearings from early next week, seven months after Qantas failed to overturn the court’s original finding that it illegally fired 1,700 ground staff in 2020.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/compensation-looms-for-sacked-qantas-workers/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/court-win-but-no-costs-for-virgin-jetstar-or-qantas/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/court-win-but-no-costs-for-virgin-jetstar-or-qantas/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:52:10 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381342 Despite successfully persuading the Federal Court to strike out the statement of claim last June, Justice Stephen Burley said he was not prepared to grant the three airlines the costs of their defence.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/court-win-but-no-costs-for-virgin-jetstar-or-qantas/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/shameful-judge-fines-qantas-250k-over-covid-stand-down/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/shameful-judge-fines-qantas-250k-over-covid-stand-down/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:02:21 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1380625 The judge made the damning criticism of the airline after Theo Seremetidis directed cleaning staff to steer clear of aircraft that had recently returned from Covid-19 hotspots in 2020.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/shameful-judge-fines-qantas-250k-over-covid-stand-down/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/court-awards-21k-to-former-qantas-safety-rep/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/court-awards-21k-to-former-qantas-safety-rep/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 01:43:14 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1379607 The NSW District Court ordered the airline pay Theo Seremetidis $6,000 for economic loss and $15,000 for non-economic loss. It comes after Qantas was found guilty of unlawfully standing down Mr Seremetidis for a direction he gave to staff to cease cleaning aircrafts which had landed from COVID-19 “hotspots”.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/court-awards-21k-to-former-qantas-safety-rep/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/11/qantas-unlawfully-terminated-health-and-safety-rep-court-finds/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:04:20 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1357200 Judge David Russell found the major airline guilty of unlawfully standing Theo Seremetidis down over a direction he made to staff to cease cleaning planes that had landed from COVID-19 “hotspots”. It is the second ruling made against Qantas’ treatment of staff in nine weeks, with the High Court upholding a finding in September that it had illegally fired 1,700 ground staff at the end of 2020.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/11/qantas-tells-court-it-does-not-guarantee-flight-times/ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 02:11:03 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1354128 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is pursuing allegations the major airline engaged in “false, misleading or deceptive conduct” by selling tickets to cancelled flights and failing to inform ticketholders if a flight was no longer available.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/11/verdict-delayed-in-qantas-covid-sacking-case/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:21:49 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1352596 The case concerns a former cleaner, Theo Seremeditis, who was terminated for instructing others not to work in February 2020. Qantas denies any wrondoing. ]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/11/qantas-asks-for-indemnity-costs-in-sexual-harassment-case/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 02:53:07 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1352282 In August, Justice Katrina Banks-Smith dismissed an application brought by former Qantas customer services manager, Sara Rossi, who claimed she did not have the mental capacity when she entered a deed in 2008 to end her claim for compensation.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/10/qantas-could-face-second-class-action-over-covid-credits/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/10/qantas-could-face-second-class-action-over-covid-credits/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:53:33 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1326428 Appearing in the Federal Court on Thursday morning (12 October), Thomas Bagley, counsel for Piper Alderman, said the firm had spent six months investigating the major airline and could be prepared to file its own proceedings within the next fortnight.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/10/qantas-could-face-second-class-action-over-covid-credits/feed/ 1 https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/09/qantas-twu-enter-talks-on-worker-compensation-next-week/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:45:49 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1302265 It comes after the High Court unanimously upheld a ruling earlier this month that the Flying Kangaroo was wrong to sack the ground handlers during the pandemic and outsource the roles to external companies. ]]>