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Qantas underpaid workers through JobKeeper misuse – The Australian Financial Review
Qantas staff are owed thousands of dollars in backpay after a judge held the airline had been misusing JobKeeper in way that meant it was pocketing parts of the wage subsidy.
This is an important win for Qantas workers who have had their pay raided by senior management in a disgraceful abuse of the JobKeeper scheme,” he said.
“These workers have endured systematic wage theft at the hands of an out of control management.”
The airline had been paying penalty rates owed to cabin crew, baggage handlers and airport staff in fortnights they did not work, in line with requirements in its enterprise agreement.
The requirements meant that, for example, an employee can perf…
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