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Sleeping Virgin flight attendant’s dismissal harsh and unfair, FWC says
A long-serving Virgin Australia flight attendant who was found sleeping on the job was unfairly sacked given the length of her employment with the airline, the Fair Work Commission has found.
FWC upholds ‘tragic’ sacking of Qantas engineer who refused COVID-19 vaccine
Qantas' termination of a long-serving engineer who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because he "feared for his life" was a "tragedy" but not unlawful, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Qantas trainer accused of staring at worker’s breasts unfairly sacked, FWC says
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has thrown out Qantas' bid to overturn the reinstatement of a trainer accused of staring at a flight attendant's breasts and gazing into her eyes in a "distinguishably lewd" manner during a safety demonstration.
Virgin Australia won’t take financial hit from shareholder class action
A shareholder class action against Virgin Australia over representations made in a prospectus for a $324 million capital raising won't put a dent in the airline's financials, the company said Friday.
Virgin Australia hit with class action over 2019 prospectus
Virgin Australia has been hit with a shareholder class action over representations made in a 2019 prospectus for a capital raising to fund its $700 million acquisition of the Velocity loyalty program, just six months before the airline sank into administration.
Virgin says top pilot was not sacked for complaining about bullying by CEO
Virgin Australia has struck back at a lawsuit by its former chief pilot alleging the airline sacked him for complaining of bullying and harassment by its CEO, saying it terminated the pilot's employment after he was deemed medically unfit for his role.
Qantas, TWU lose appeals over axing of 1,800 ground staff
Qantas and the Transport Workers Union both lost their appeals Wednesday of a judge’s decision finding the airline had decided to axe 1,800 ground staff partly to prevent employees bringing industrial action but refusing to reinstate the workers. The airline has vowed to take the case to the High Court.
Commissioner with frequent flyer card won’t recuse himself from Virgin vaccine challenge
Fair Work Commissioner Nick Wilson has dismissed a recusal bid by nine former Virgin employees who argued his frequent flyer membership with the airline meant he was unable to hear their cases.
Virgin CEO accused of ‘bullying and harassment’ in lawsuit by ex-chief pilot
A former chief pilot at Virgin Australia has filed a lawsuit claiming the airline sacked him after he made complaints and filed Fair Work Commission proceedings alleging Virgin’s chief executive officer repeatedly bullied and harassed him.
ACCC drops investigation into Qantas’ Alliance stake
The ACCC has ended its three-year investigation into Qantas Airways' 19.9 per cent stake in 'fly in fly out' airline Alliance Aviation without enforcement action.