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Qantas ordered to pay $100m to sacked workers

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Qantas has been ordered to pay compensation in the tens of millions - over the illegal mass sacking of ground crew during the pandemic. A judge has ordered the airline pay $170,000 to three people over the personal hardship caused by the layoffs, and to negotiate with unions to compensate for another 1700 former workers.
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