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Qantas employee fired for viewing porn on company iPad loses appeal
Employment 2020-11-09 4:38 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

A 59-year-old Qantas engineer who used his company-issued iPad to view pornographic material while at work has lost his unfair dismissal appeal.

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Qantas engineers appeal COVID-19 stand down win for airline
Employment 2020-11-06 2:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Aircraft engineers for Qantas are challenging a ruling that the airline had no “genuine choice” when it stood them down in March during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Qantas appeals court’s finding that it misapplied JobKeeper
Appeals 2020-10-15 11:27 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Qantas Airways will challenge a court’s finding that it incorrectly applied the JobKeeper scheme and underpaid its staff.

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Qantas had no choice but to stand down engineers during COVID-19 pandemic, court says
COVID-19 2020-10-06 4:36 pm By Miklos Bolza

Qantas has praised a Federal Court judgment ruling that the airline had no “genuine choice” other than standing down its workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the judgment was a “victory for common sense”.

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Qantas underpaying staff by ‘setting off’ JobKeeper payments, court finds
Employment 2020-09-24 6:47 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court has provided clarification as to how the Morrison government’s JobKeeper scheme operates, in a ruling against Qantas Airways that found the airline had incorrectly applied the scheme and underpaid its staff.

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Ex-Qantas worker tries again to bring discrimination case against Maurice Blackburn
Appeals 2020-08-18 12:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former Qantas customer service manager has appealed a ruling blocking her from pursuing a disability discrimination case against Maurice Blackburn alleging the law firm put pressure on her to settle her workers compensation case against the airline.

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Maurice Blackburn escapes discrimination case by former client
Employment 2020-07-31 10:01 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A judge has shut down a former Qantas customer service manager’s bid to pursue a disability discrimination case against Maurice Blackburn alleging the law firm put pressure on her to settle her workers compensation case against the airline.

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‘Extraordinary circumstances’: ACCC blesses Rex’s ongoing coordination with Qantas, Virgin
COVID-19 2020-07-30 3:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has extended an authorisation allowing Regional Express to coordinate with Qantas and Virgin on certain regional routines during the coronavirus pandemic. The airlines won interim authorisation from the competition regulator in March to coordinate flight schedules and share revenue on what the ACCC called ten important regional routes. Under…

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Judge says FWC can hear dispute over stood down Qantas, Jetstar engineers
Employment 2020-07-09 8:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The workplace umpire has jurisdiction to hear a case against Qantas and its budget subsidiary Jetstar brought by the union for licenced aircraft maintenance engineers stood down during the coronavirus pandemic, a judge has ruled in a blow to the airline.

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Qantas worker caught watching porn on company iPad not unfairly dismissed, FWC says
Employment 2020-07-07 8:00 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A Qantas engineer who used his company-issued iPad to access pornographic material while at work has lost his unfair dismissal case.

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