General
Unions to take Qantas to High Court over COVID-19 pandemic sick leave for workers
Unions representing Qantas workers will go to the High Court seeking to overturn a ruling that employees are not entitled to sick leave or compassionate leave while they were stood down during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key points:
- Qantas is being taken to the High Court by four unions on whether it must pay stood down airline workers sick leave
- The unions are relying on a dissenting judge finding the case could have far wider ramifications
- Qantas says the unions are wasting money mounting legal cases they mostly lose
In late March, more than 20,000 workers were temporarily stood down due to COVID-19 and were denied their sick, carers and compassionate leave, but were still able to access annual leave, long service and JobKeeper payments.
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