High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic
High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic
Decision exposes embattled airline to mammoth compensation bill in major win for the Transport Workers Union
Decision exposes embattled airline to mammoth compensation bill in major win for the Transport Workers Union
Rain Man could not be reached for comment
There is nothing morally wrong with outsourcing. It's not like these jobs are being lost. They will be done by other people.
Legally there is clearly a problem.
Morally it is abhorrent to fire people during a pandemic while collecting millions in government funding intended to keep people employed.
There’s something morally wrong with it when you use it as an excuse to pay those workers significantly less. As well, jobs likely were lost, outsourced contracts rarely have the same rights, including leave entitlements, for their workers.
The illegal part was the firing—mostly union workers whomst's bargaining agreement was going to expire the following month.
The part about them being union workers doesn’t super matter. They were on full-time contracts* and Australia doesn’t have at-will employment.
Key word here is "illegally".
Part of the reason why theyres scrutiny is because Qantus workers are unionized. My coworker from Australia used to work there before moving to the U.S because of marriage.